John Ray to Hans Sloane – August 5, 1696
Item info
Date: August 5, 1696 Author: John Ray Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036 Folio: ff. 248-249
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Medical, Scholarship, Scientific
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Subjects
Botany, Plants, Specimens
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Date (as written)
August 5, 1696
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Black Notley
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Others mentioned
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Patients mentioned
John Ray
Original Page
Transcription
Ray thanks Sloane for assisting him and discusses his latest botanical work regarding capillary plants and ferns. 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:69 years old. -
Description
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Diagnosis
Painful leg ulcers.
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
Ongoing Treatment:Milk and milkmeats; as well as sarsaparilla.
Response:Ray claims that the milk and milk products seem to be helping and thanks Sloane for the Sarsaparilla, but does not specify whether it has been working or not.
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Ulcerous Legs, Skin ailments, Pain