Patrick Blair to Hans Sloane – May 16, 1709
Item info
Date: May 16, 1709 Author: Patrick Blair Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041 Folio: ff. 330-331
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Medical, Patronage, Scientific
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Subjects
Arsenic, Poison, Recommendations
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Date (as written)
May 16, 1709
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Dundee
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Others mentioned
Charles White David Brewer
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Patients mentioned
Unnamed Woman
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Transcription
Blair recommends the bearer, Mr Brewer, and mentions his previous letter carried by Mr White. Patrick Blair was a botanist and surgeon whose papers were published in the Transactions. In 1715 Blair joined the Jacobite rebellion as a battle surgeon but was captured and condemned to death. He was visited by Sloane in prison in the hopes the latter might secure a pardon. Sloane was successful and the pardon arrived shortly before Blair’s scheduled execution (Anita Guerrini, Blair, Patrick (c.16801728), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/2568, accessed 31 May 2011]).
Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: N/A Unnamed Woman
Gender:
Age: -
Description
Blair recounts - in great detail - the physical reaction of a woman who accidentally consumed a small amount of arsenic.
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Diagnosis
Poisoning.
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
Ongoing Treatment:
Response: -
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