John Chamberlayne to Hans Sloane – October 4, 1708
Item info
Date: October 4, 1708 Author: John Chamberlayne Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041 Folio: f. 215
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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
Translations
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Date (as written)
October 4, 1708
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Petty France
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Others mentioned
Dr. Hale A. van Leeuwenhoek
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Patients mentioned
Unnamed Gentlewoman
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Transcription
Chamberlayne encloses a letter from Dr Leeuwenhoek, which he translated. He did his best, but Leeuwenhoek writes in an extremely ungrammatical fashion. John Chamberlayne was a translator and editor specializing in modern languages which he studied at the University of Leiden. He translated works on many topics, was a fellow of the Royal Society, and published three works in the Philsophical Transactions (Reavley Gair, “Chamberlayne, John (1668/9-1723)”, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2009 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/5060, accessed 30 May 2011]).
Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: N/A Unnamed Gentlewoman
Gender:
Age: -
Description
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Diagnosis
Unspecified.
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
Ongoing Treatment:Dr Hale is expecting a reply from Sloane. Chamberlayne reminds him if he has forgotten.
Response: -
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Medical problem reference
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