Letter 1856

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James Keill to Hans Sloane – July, 1712


Item info

Date: July, 1712
Author: James Keill
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4043
Folio: ff. 66-67


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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

  • Patient info
    Name: N/A Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds
    Gender:
    Age:
  • Description

    Osborne's 'Colon above the Right Kidney was mortified, and the Gangreen had likewise seized part of the Kidney. The Left Kidney was wasted without any ulcer, a large stone filled the upper part of the Ureter. The Gula was contracted within an inch of the Diaphragma, and very much diluted above. The Right side of the Thorax there was about a pint of Serum'.

  • Diagnosis

    Keill solicits Sloane's advice on how best to treat Osborne.

  • Treatment
    Previous Treatment:
    Ongoing Treatment:
    Response:
  • More information
  • Medical problem reference
    Kidney, Urinary, Stone, Pain