James Keill to Hans Sloane – July 23, 1710
Item info
Date: July 23, 1710 Author: James Keill Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042 Folio: ff. 155-156
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Medical
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Subjects
Simples
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Date (as written)
July 23, 1710
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Northton
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Others mentioned
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Patients mentioned
Lempster
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Transcription
Keill did not formally attend medical school, but through the patronage of Sloane he obtained the degree of MD from Cambridge. Sloane helped Keill enter into medical practice in Northampton (Anita Guerrini, Keill, James (16731719), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/15255, accessed 2 June 2011]).
Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: Lord Lempster
Gender:
Age: -
Description
Lempster 'has had several returns of his wheezings'.
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Diagnosis
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
Purgatives have not give Lempster much relief, but vomiting 'eased [him] for near a week' after which it returned.
Ongoing Treatment:Lempster is drinking milk and Sloane's bitter infusion each morning as well as some other concoctions.
Response: -
More information
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Medical problem reference
Coughs, Vomiting