John Morton to Hans Sloane – January 16, 1715/16
Item info
Date: January 16, 1715/16 Author: John Morton Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4044 Folio: ff. 127-128
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Medical, Mental Illness
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Subjects
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Date (as written)
January 16, 1715/16
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Oxendon, Northamptonsh.
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Others mentioned
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Patients mentioned
Unnamed Clergyman
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Transcription
John Morton was a naturalist who was in correspondence with Sloane from roughly 1703 to 1716. Morton contributed nearly one thousand specimens (fossils, shells, bones, teeth, minerals, rocks, man-made artifacts, etc.) to Sloane’s collection (Yolanda Foote, Morton, John (16711726), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2010 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/19364, accessed 2 July 2013]).
Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: N/A Unnamed Clergyman
Gender:
Age:'50 years of age'. -
Description
'A melancholy distemper seiz'd him soon after the Death of a beloved child'. The man is physically healthy in every respect, but is somber and speaks little. He experiences mild bouts of confusion, restlessness, and 'a free Discharge of wind, as [...] upon having a stool'.
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Diagnosis
Morton does not know what to do and asks Sloane to provide some recommendations.
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Treatment
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Ongoing Treatment:
Response: -
More information
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Medical problem reference
Melancholy