James Keill to Hans Sloane – December 19, 1710
Item info
Date: December 19, 1710 Author: James Keill Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042 Folio: ff. 214-215
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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
Leeches
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Date (as written)
December 19, 1710
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Easton
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Others mentioned
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Patients mentioned
Lempster
Original Page
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's rose after taking 'the Cordiall powders' and it continues to be quick. He has a minor fever.
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Diagnosis
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
Ongoing Treatment:Keill 'applyed Leechs to his Temples' the same afternoon. The next morning Lempster 'had a stool'.
Response: -
More information
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Medical problem reference
Fevers, Blood