John Ray to Hans Sloane – August 21, 1700
Item info
Date: August 21, 1700 Author: John Ray Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038 Folio: ff. 53-54
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Medical, Scholarship, Trade or Commodities
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Subjects
Books
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Date (as written)
August 21, 1700
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Black Notley
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Others mentioned
William Sherard Samuel Smith
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Patients mentioned
John Ray
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Transcription
Ray discusses the acquisition of books. 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:73 years old. -
Description
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Diagnosis
Diarrhoea and incontinence of urine; cannot lie in bed for longer than two hours at a time because of it. Notices that if he is busy with work or friends, he does not have trouble holding his urine, so he believes that it must be, to some degree, in his head.
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
Ongoing Treatment:
Response: -
More information
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Medical problem reference
Urinary, Diarrhea