James Keill to Hans Sloane – September 6, 1717
Item info
Date: September 6, 1717 Author: James Keill Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4045 Folio: ff. 49-50
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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)
September 6, 1717
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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
Ferrere
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 Ferrere
Gender:
Age: -
Description
Ferrere's 'Looseness' caused jaundice.
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Diagnosis
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
He was bled, purged, and given an 'Electuary made up of the Cons: Absinth: Roman: Troch Viperar: Cinnabar: Antimom: Lunbrici and a little Eusvereris [...] a Bitter aperient Wine, with some drops of the Sp: Urine Hun[...]'
Ongoing Treatment:
Response:Patient's 'looseness' has subsided.
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Jaundice