Richard Richardson to Hans Sloane – June 21, 1706
Item info
Date: June 21, 1706 Author: Richard Richardson Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040 Folio: ff. 177-178
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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)
June 21, 1706
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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
John Kaye
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Transcription
[fol. 177] North Bierley nigh Bradford June 11 706 Dear Sr We received your letter of directions for Sr John Kaye & since I recived your second he has persud your method (Scarification only excepted) which he is very much evoscto misleade there of [?] have been apply’d to the places you appoynted which have made very considerable dischar=hes but we have had trouble enough to keepe the places from metifying but now they looke pretty wel he makes water sometimes in good quantity & has found ad: :vantage by the medcins you orderd him for that [?] but I find not with standing our last endeavours the dis: temper grows upon him. vomits of oxymel sciht more orderd him sometime nyue or the best expediant to re: :leine his Asthma & were repeated nut he fainted several times though the medcine wrought gently mongh & I feared once that he would [?] have recoverd that fowad of spirits which it brought upon him. he is pretty calm yels good nights & though his swelling increase tey I beleive may continue some months; I am veey much obligen to you for the Books in Naturel History you design me, I am till picking up some small matters in that way as I meet with them & shoud be glad to male a further improvement of my small collection. if any things of this kind come bought to you with which you are already plentifully supplyd, they will be welcome here & shall gratefully repay any expence you are at about them, If anything of this country affords wil be acceptable to you I should be very glad to serve you, you may sends hither every week from the Whitehorse in Cripplegate by the Bradfors Carier Mr Kaye & Dr Johnston I am in service to you with your obd. servant Ric: Richardson
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: Sir John Kaye
Gender:
Age:67 years old. -
Description
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Diagnosis
Asthma; swelling legs; difficult making water.
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
Ongoing Treatment:Blisters were applied where Sloane appointed. Richardson is having trouble keeping them from mortifying. Several medicines were recommended by Sloane, including vomits of oxymel.
Response:Kaye sometimes makes water in good quantity and improved after taking Sloane's medicines. However, the distemper is growing. The oxymel vomit wrought well, but made Kaye faint several times.
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Urinary, Asthma, Swelling