Letter 0023

Posted on August 2, 2016 by -

John Evelyn to Hans Sloane – August 21, 1703


Item info

Date: August 21, 1703
Author: John Evelyn
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4075
Folio: f. 96


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Transcription

Congratulated Sloane on marrying off his wife’s daughters. John Evelyn was a diarist and writer who demonstrated a remarkable knowledge of horticulture. He was one of the founding members of the Royal Society (Douglas D. C. Chambers, Evelyn, John (16201706), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/8996, accessed 9 July 2013]).



Patient Details

  • Patient info
    Name: N/A John Evelyn
    Gender:
    Age:Elderly. (f. 94, which is related referred to him being in his 80s.)
  • Description

    Suffered from piles. Sent Sloane a letter on July 28 (f. 94). Also wanted to tell Sloane about his pain in urination over last two years. The urine was now changing colour.

  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
    Previous Treatment:

    Let blood at Sloane's direction. It was corrupt and he described it in detail.


    Ongoing Treatment:

    Also using a liniment and lozenges (piles). Took emulsions of almonds for the urine.


    Response:

    That night the piles "descended with greate paine, but since with such intermissions" he had been able to travel to see neighbours without too much pain. Not yet free of piles, though. Treatments do not help the swelling, although they do help his bowel movements.

  • More information
  • Medical problem reference
    Urinary, Haemorrhoids, Age, Pain, Kidney