John Douglas to Hans Sloane – December 7, 1722
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Date: December 7, 1722 Author: John Douglas Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4046 Folio: ff. 314-315
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English
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British Library, London
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Medical, Social
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Meeting, Stones, Surgery
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December 7, 1722
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[fol. 314] Sr I shall Cutt that Gentleman for the Stone to morrow morning, therefore desire you will be at my House against the Golden Falcon in Fetter-Lane exactly at half an hour after Nine. I am yor most obed’t Serv’t Jo: Douglas Friday 7th 1722
John Douglas was a surgeon famous after 1719 for his method of removing stones. He published a book elucidating the procedure in 1720 and was appointed surgeon to Westminster Hospital in 1721 (Michael Bevan, Douglas, John (d. 1743), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/7907, accessed 18 July 2013]).
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