James Keill to Hans Sloane – February 7, 1718/19
Item info
Date: February 7, 1718/19 Author: James Keill Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4045 Folio: ff. 190-191
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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)
February 7, 1718/19
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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
Unnamed Woman
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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
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Patient info
Name: N/A Unnamed Woman
Gender:
Age: -
Description
Her pulse is quick and she has a fever. Keill records that 'there was no reddish sediment in her water'.
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Diagnosis
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
The woman is not likely to benefit from a change in air. She has been taking cow's milk for 3 or 4 days.
Ongoing Treatment:Kiell changes his mind and thinks a change in air might do the job. He is going to give her 'a Decoction of the fflor: Charcemel'.
Response: -
More information
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Medical problem reference
Fevers, Unspecified