Thomas Lower to Hans Sloane – September 28, 1703
Item info
Date: September 28, 1703 Author: Thomas Lower Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4039 Folio: f. 191
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Medical, Patronage
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Subjects
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Date (as written)
September 28, 1703
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
London
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Others mentioned
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Patients mentioned
Unnamed
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Transcription
Thomas Lower was a physician and Quaker activist who moved to London in about 1693 to practice medicine (Caroline L. Leachman, Lower, Thomas (bap. 1633, d. 1720), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/17093, accessed 8 July 2013]).
Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: N/A Unnamed
Gender:
Age:Young Man -
Description
Patient is a young man from the country afflicted by smallpox.
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Diagnosis
Lower requests Sloane consultation. He wants to discuss the best methods of treating the young man.
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
Ongoing Treatment:
Response: -
More information
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Medical problem reference
Smallpox