Charles Hatton to Hans Sloane – September 13, 1703
Item info
Date: September 13, 1703 Author: Charles Hatton Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4039 Folio: ff. 182-183
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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
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Date (as written)
September 13, 1703
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
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Others mentioned
James Keill
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Patients mentioned
Christopher Hatton
Original Page
Transcription
Charles Hatton was the son of Christopher Hatton, 1st Baron Hatton and brother of Christopher Hatton, 1st Viscount Hatton [Sir Bernard Burke, C.B. LL.D., A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire, new edition (1883; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1978), page 269].
Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: Sir Christopher Hatton
Gender:
Age: -
Description
For further letters involving this case, see: Sloane MS 4039 ff. 176-177, 178-179, 184, 257-258.
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Diagnosis
Still troubled by phlegm, especially at night; wheezing.
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
Ongoing Treatment:Keill is giving Hatton's brother oxymel of squills, made of vinegar, honey, and bulbs of the 'squill Drimia maritima'.
Response:No effect as of yet.
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Phlegm, Lungs