Samuel Camlin to Hans Sloane – November 4, 1700
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Date: November 4, 1700 Author: Samuel Camlin Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038 Folio: ff. 87-88
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English
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British Library, London
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Material Culture, Medical, Mental Illness, Scientific
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Autopsy, Suicide
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November 4, 1700
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Hartford
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Camlin encountered a case similar to Sarah Stout’s. A woman ran into a river and was found dead days later. Camlin considers the woman’s body odd because he only found a few tablespoons of water in her stomach and lungs and the stomach was mostly full of air. The woman had attempted suicide twice before this. Editor’s note on fol. 88: ‘No: 129. Lr. from Mr Camlin to Dr Sloane containing his observations on dissecting a woman yt drownd herself in the New river in Herrfordshire Nv. 4. 1700.’ Samuel Camlin was a physician in Hertford.
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