John Ray to Hans Sloane – April 10, 1693
Item info
Date: April 10, 1693 Author: John Ray Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036 Folio: ff. 141-142
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Collections, Medical, Scientific, Travel
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Subjects
Africa, Books, Botany, Cape of Good Hope, Catalogues, Earthquakes, Jamaica, Plants
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Date (as written)
April 10, 1693
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Black Notley
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Others mentioned
Captain Halton Dr Robinson Robert Morison Rauwolf Sherard
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Patients mentioned
John Ray
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Transcription
Ray discusses the latest scholarship, including a ‘Catalogue of more rare Oriental plants’ and Leonhart Ranwolf’s ‘Itinerary’. He believes his latest book would have benefited from Sloane’s description of the ‘Earthquake att Jamayca’, but the manuscript was already in press at London. Ray was a theologian and naturalist who collected and catalogued his botanical findings in the much lauded Historia plantarum (1686, 1688) (Scott Mandelbrote, Ray , John (16271705), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2005 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/23203, accessed 18 June 2013]).
Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: N/A John Ray
Gender:
Age:66 years old. -
Description
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Diagnosis
Ray is in constant pain due to exulcerated lesions on both of his legs.
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
Ongoing Treatment:
Response:Ray is hopeful that when warm weather comes, it will dry up and heal his sores.
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Skin ailments, Injuries (includes wounds, sores, bruises), Pain