Letter 0383

Posted on August 2, 2016 by -

John Ray to Hans Sloane – October 1, 1693


Item info

Date: October 1, 1693
Author: John Ray
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036
Folio: f. 156


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Transcription

Ray thanks Sloane for sending him plant and root specimens. He received a letter from Mr Smith stating his Synopses would be printed at Christmas. 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

  • Patient info
    Name: N/A John Ray
    Gender:
    Age:67 years of age.
  • Description
  • Diagnosis

    Painful ulcers on the legs.

  • Treatment
    Previous Treatment:
    Ongoing Treatment:

    Ray has been applying 'waters' to his sores for the past while. He has also been applying a cerecloth from a recipe provided by a neighbor.


    Response:

    The cerecloth (as with all plasters, claims Ray) worked marvelously at first, but when the weather changed, his ulcers returned just as bad as ever.

  • More information
  • Medical problem reference
    Injuries (includes wounds, sores, bruises), Ulcerous Legs, Skin ailments, Pain