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
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Diagnosis
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
Keill thanks Sloane for his advice and notes that he took 'Antimony and Bezoar Minerales'. He has been taking them for about 4 months.
Ongoing Treatment:He is going to try 'a Salivation' and hopes that Sloane might have further advice.
Response: -
More information
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Medical problem reference
Fevers, Unspecified