Letter 1351

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Daniel Malthus to Hans Sloane – July 10, 1708


Item info

Date: July 10, 1708
Author: Daniel Malthus
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: ff. 178-179


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Transcription

Daniel Malthus (1651-1717) served as apothecary to Queen Anne and George I and was the great-grandfather of the political economist and demographer Thomas Robert Malthus (J. M. Pullen, ‘Malthus, (Thomas) Robert (1766–1834)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/17902, accessed 7 July 2014]).



Patient Details

  • Patient info
    Name: N/A Daniel Malthus
    Gender:
    Age:
  • Description
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
    Previous Treatment:

    'Diacodium' was prescribed for her cough. She has stopped taking it. Malthus asks Sloane whether this was the right thing to do.


    Ongoing Treatment:

    Purgatives.


    Response:

    She is no longer spitting blood; cough has improved.

  • More information
  • Medical problem reference
    Coughs, Lungs, Spitting Blood, Loss of Appetite