William Musgrave Sr. to Hans Sloane – February 23, 1705/06
Item info
Date: February 23, 1705/06 Author: William Musgrave Sr. Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040 Folio: ff. 135-136
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Medical, Trade or Commodities
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Subjects
Books, Booksellers
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Date (as written)
February 23, 1705/06
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Origin (as written)
Exon
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Others mentioned
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Patients mentioned
Unnamed
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Transcription
Musgrave asks where he can buy books. William Musgrave, Senior was a physician, antiquary, and Fellow of the Royal Society. He acted as second secretary to the Royal Society and edited several volumes of the Philosophical Transactions (Alick Cameron, Musgrave, William (16551721), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/19668, accessed 8 July 2013]).
Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: N/A Unnamed
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Description
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Diagnosis
Jaundice and fevers for months; pain in and around the stomach; white stools. When the stone was expelled the jaundice cleared up. Musgrave posits that jaundice is usually harder to cure, so the stone must have been the reason for the illness.
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Medical problem reference
Jaundice, Stone, Fevers, Pain