Richard Middleton Massey to Hans Sloane – July 16, 1707
Item info
Date: July 16, 1707 Author: Richard Middleton Massey Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040 Folio: f. 381
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Medical, Scholarship
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Subjects
Anatomy, Books
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Date (as written)
July 16, 1707
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
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Others mentioned
Mr Dixon Mr Toll William Cowper
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Patients mentioned
Unnamed
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Transcription
Massey discusses Sloane’s book and Cowper’s treatise on muscles. Richard Middleton Massey (1678-1743) attended Brasenose College, Oxford but left before obtaining a degree. In 1706 he was admitted Extra-Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians and settled in Wisbech where he practiced medicine. Massey was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1712. He compiled the catalogue of the library of the Royal College of Physicians in 1727 (http://munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk/Biography/Details/2969).
Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: N/A Unnamed
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Description
The patient was far too eager to call upon Massey for any perceived medical issue, seeing him 'upon any little cold or disorder in drink.'
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Diagnosis
Possibly a fasciated ilium, which he mentions; described a bit of 'swelling in the left hypochond', but this is only perceived by the patient; Massey does not appear to think anything is wrong.
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Treatment
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Medical problem reference
Swelling, Hypochondria