John Ray to Hans Sloane – April 27, 1697
Item info
Date: April 27, 1697 Author: John Ray Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036 Folio: ff. 307-308
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Collections, Medical
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Subjects
Plants, Specimens
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Date (as written)
April 27, 1697
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Black Notley
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Others mentioned
Samuel Dale
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Patients mentioned
John Ray
Original Page
Transcription
Ray thanks Sloane for his input into Ray’s Supplement and for the provision of plant specimens. 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:70 years old. -
Description
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Diagnosis
Ray simply states that he has a cold, a disease shared by many in Black Notley at this time.
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
Ongoing Treatment:
Response: -
More information
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Medical problem reference
Colds