Thomas Short to Hans Sloane – June 11, 1731
Item info
Date: June 11, 1731 Author: Thomas Short Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4051 Folio: f. 252
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Collections, Material Culture, Medical, Scientific, Social
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Subjects
Experiments, Glassware, Post, Prints, Scientific Instruments
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Date (as written)
June 11, 1731
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Sheffield
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Others mentioned
Mr Bell
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Patients mentioned
Unnamed
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Transcription
Short sends a letter from Dr Mortimer and a note from Mr Bell. He could not send the ‘large print’ because the maker has been out of town for 3 weeks. He will forward it soon. Short describes a ‘Glass Buble’ Sloane had sent him, which he is using in his experiments. Thomas Short was a Scottish physician who settled in Sheffield. He traveled throughout England examining the medical effects of mineral waters and published works promoting their use in 1725 and 1766 (Norman Moore, Short, Thomas (c.16901772), rev. Patrick Wallis, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/25461, accessed 24 July 2013]).
Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: N/A Unnamed
Gender:
Age: -
Description
The 'patient died lately [from an] impostumation of the Liver'. During the 'the last week' of the patient's life s/he was having '30 or 40 stools a day & as many vomits'. The tumour compressed the patient's kidney.
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Diagnosis
Tumour.
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
Short removed '6 quarts' of fluid from the tumour; purging. He describes the surgery he performed in detail.
Ongoing Treatment:
Response:Death.
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Tumour, Death