James Keill to Hans Sloane – July, 1712
Item info
Date: July, 1712 Author: James Keill Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4043 Folio: ff. 66-67
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Medical
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Subjects
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Date (as written)
July, 1712
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Northton
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Others mentioned
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Patients mentioned
Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds
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Transcription
Keill did not formally attend medical school, but through the patronage of Sloane he obtained the degree of MD from Cambridge. Sloane helped Keill enter into medical practice in Northampton (Anita Guerrini, Keill, James (16731719), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/15255, accessed 2 June 2011]).
Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: N/A Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds
Gender:
Age: -
Description
Osborne's 'Colon above the Right Kidney was mortified, and the Gangreen had likewise seized part of the Kidney. The Left Kidney was wasted without any ulcer, a large stone filled the upper part of the Ureter. The Gula was contracted within an inch of the Diaphragma, and very much diluted above. The Right side of the Thorax there was about a pint of Serum'.
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Diagnosis
Keill solicits Sloane's advice on how best to treat Osborne.
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
Ongoing Treatment:
Response: -
More information
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Medical problem reference
Kidney, Urinary, Stone, Pain