Victor Ferguson to Hans Sloane – July 23, 1700
Item info
Date: July 23, 1700 Author: Victor Ferguson Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038 Folio: ff. 38-39
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Medical
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Subjects
Coucher
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Date (as written)
July 23, 1700
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Hills burgh
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Others mentioned
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Patients mentioned
William Nivin
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Transcription
Victor Ferguson (d. 1729) was a physician of Newtown, near Belfast (Toby C. Bernard, A New Anatomy of Ireland: The Irish Protestants, 1649-1770 (Connecticut: Yale University Press, 2003), ch. 5; “Fergusons of Belfast” URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~colin/FergusonsOfIreland/Belfast.htm).
Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: N/A William Nivin
Gender:
Age: -
Description
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Diagnosis
Nivin was losing his sight to two cataracts, neither of which were yet ready for couching; Ferguson wanted Sloane to ask for a competent coucher to help.
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
Ongoing Treatment:
Response: -
More information
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Medical problem reference
Age, Eyes, Dizziness, Epilepsy, Balance