James Keill to Hans Sloane – April 29, 1715
Item info
Date: April 29, 1715 Author: James Keill Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4044 Folio: ff. 39-40
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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
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Date (as written)
April 29, 1715
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Northton
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Others mentioned
Lady Lempster
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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 suffers from dropsy and a disorder in the head.
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Diagnosis
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
He has been taking the medicines Sloane prescribed with the addition of 'a little purgeing syrup to the Electuary'.
Ongoing Treatment:Purging; application of 'Leeches to the Temples'; cupping glasses; bloodletting.
Response:Lady Lempster wants to take her husband into town to have him examined.
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Dropsy, Head