Letter 2790

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John Locke to Hans Sloane – December 27, 1700


Item info

Date: December 27, 1700
Author: John Locke
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: ff. 113-114


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Locke thanks Sloane for sending copies of the Philosophical Transactions throughout the year and apologizes for not writing sooner. He has been collecting information on the weather for the past ten years, which he kept for curiosity’s sake. He asks Sloane if he has treated diabetes and whether he could send information on the ailment. Locke was a philosopher, physician, and highly influential proponent of liberalism in England (J. R. Milton, Locke, John (16321704), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/16885, accessed 24 June 2013]).



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    Name: N/A John Locke
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    Locke's legs seized upon arrival in Oates and he was forced to remain in bed for extended periods of time. He believes 'country air' would do him some good. He knows enough about medicine to understand the condition is not too serious.

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    Cramps, Pain