Letter 1037

William Musgrave Sr. to Hans Sloane – February 23, 1705/06


Item info

Date: February 23, 1705/06
Author: William Musgrave Sr.
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: ff. 135-136



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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]).




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    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