John Mortimer to Hans Sloane – July 30, 1724
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Date: July 30, 1724 Author: John Mortimer Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4047 Folio: ff. 204-205
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Medical, Social
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Subjects
Post
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Date (as written)
July 30, 1724
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
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Others mentioned
Samuel Dale
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Patients mentioned
John Mortimer
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Transcription
Mortimer assures Sloane that he sent what ‘you ordered me’ to Mr Dale. John Mortimer (1656?-1736) was an agricultural writer. Born in London, he received a commercial education and became a successful merchant. In 1693 he retired to practice his ideas on agricultural improvement. He published ‘The Whole Art of Husbandry, in the way of Managing and Improving Land’ in 1707 which was popular and influential. He dedicated this work to the Royal Society, of which he had been a Fellow since 1705. (Thomas Seccombe, Mortimer, John (1656?1736), rev. Anita McConnell, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/19348, accessed 18 July 2013]).
Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: N/A John Mortimer
Gender:
Age: -
Description
'about a fortnight i had a very badd fitt & one about a week since which was very moderate'.
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Diagnosis
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
'3 Pills commonly worked 3 times only after I had taken the things'.
Ongoing Treatment:Mortimer solicits Sloane's advice.
Response: -
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