Letter 0452

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John Ray to Hans Sloane – July 7, 1697


Item info

Date: July 7, 1697
Author: John Ray
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036
Folio: ff. 328-329


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Transcription

Ray thanks Sloane for the plant specimens and for answering his botanical questions. 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:70 years old.
  • Description
  • Diagnosis

    Ray's leg sores have recently erupted again, and this time are spreading and itching far more than they have in the past.

  • Treatment
    Previous Treatment:
    Ongoing Treatment:

    Ray has been applying a 'decoction of Litharge', as well as taking Flower of Brimstone and applying an unspecified unguent on the soles of his feet.


    Response:

    The Litharge does little except stop the itching for a short while; likewise, his other treatments do little but stop the sores from spreading; nothing seems to make them go away.

  • More information
  • Medical problem reference
    Skin ailments, Ulcerous Legs