Richard Richardson to Hans Sloane – May 7, 1703
Item info
Date: May 7, 1703 Author: Richard Richardson Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4039 Folio: ff. 125-126
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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
Fossils, Post, Specimens
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Date (as written)
May 7, 1703
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
North Bierley
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Others mentioned
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Patients mentioned
Unnamed (Woman)
Original Page
Transcription
[fol. 125] Worthy Sir your kind letter I received by the last post though too late the lady was deade some however before where less id generally lamented in this coun: :try she was blooded Blstred & Issues fel in her neck & armes but did not conserve my expecta: :tion, Comits & pectorals she had nose, her Asthma plainly appearing to e convulsive & not hurried aperint & alterative medcins she had in seriouse formes by which she found advantage but could not extirpate her discase. I gave you a line by the Capt port fearing you had not got my first. I hope before this time you have received the small Box of Fossils, some of which I hope believe may receive admittance into your collection & of any thing of mumled fall in my way which I thinke worth your observation you may be assure of it from your much obliged servant Ric: Richardson North Bierley May 703
Richardson is concerned that Sloane did not receive the fossils he attempted to send with his last letter (Sloane MS 4039 ff. 121-122).
Richardson was a physician and botanist who traveled widely in England, Wales, and Scotland in search of rare specimens. He corresponded and exchanged plants with many well-known botanists and naturalists (W. P. Courtney, Richardson, Richard (16631741), rev. Peter Davis, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2010 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/23576, accessed 31 May 2011]).
Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: N/A Unnamed (Woman)
Gender:
Age:49 years old -
Description
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Diagnosis
See ff. 121-122 for the initial diagnosis. The patient has since died, with Richardson changing his diagnosis from hysteria to convulsive asthma.
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
The patient was blooded and blistered.
Ongoing Treatment:
Response:Unresponsive to treatment; patient died.
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Hysteria, Death, Lungs