James Yonge to Hans Sloane – July 17, 1713
Item info
Date: July 17, 1713 Author: James Yonge Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4043 Folio: ff. 164-165
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Medical, Philosophical Transactions, Royal Society, Scholarship
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Subjects
Medical Cases
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Date (as written)
July 17, 1713
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Plymouth
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Others mentioned
Dr P.
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Patients mentioned
Unnamed Man
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Transcription
Yonge asks Sloane to present the enclosed medical cases to the Royal Society. James Yonge was a surgeon and physician of Plymouth with experience as a ship’s surgeon. He was a prominent citizen in his native Plymouth and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and member of the Royal College of Physicians in 1702 (Ian Lyle, Yonge, James (16471721), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/30225, accessed 20 May 2011]).
Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: N/A Unnamed Man
Gender:
Age:Roughly 40 years old. -
Description
The man was an alcoholic and developed 'Tumours of his Legs and thighs, and at length of the whoel Belly'. He had trouble breathing, there was blood in his urine, he had white stools, all symptoms of what Yonge calls 'Cachexy'.
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Diagnosis
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
He followed the advice of Dr P for many months. A 'Country man' who lived near the patient gave him a remedy.
Ongoing Treatment:
Response:The remedy from the 'Country man' cured him 'miraculously'.
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Gout, Haemorrhoids, Menstrual, Blood, Cancer, Inflammations