Richard Middleton Massey to Hans Sloane – August 26, 1717
Item info
Date: August 26, 1717 Author: Richard Middleton Massey Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4045 Folio: ff. 38-39
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Curiosity Reports, Legal, Medical
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Subjects
Medicaments, Patents
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Date (as written)
August 26, 1717
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Wisbech
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Others mentioned
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Patients mentioned
Unnamed Girl
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Transcription
Massey asks Sloane to help him procure a patent for his mustard oil. Richard Middleton Massey (1678-1743) attended Brasenose College, Oxford but left before obtaining a degree. In 1706 he was admitted Extra-Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians and settled in Wisbech where he practiced medicine. Massey was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1712. He compiled the catalogue of the library of the Royal College of Physicians in 1727 (http://munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk/Biography/Details/2969).
Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: N/A Unnamed Girl
Gender:
Age:'12 annorum'. -
Description
The girl had a worm 'whose length was twenty three foot and seven Inches. I have it by me, but broke into several pieces in the drying'.
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Diagnosis
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
Ongoing Treatment:
Response: -
More information
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Medical problem reference
Worms