Letter 2441

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Abraham Hill to Hans Sloane – December, 1720


Item info

Date: December, 1720
Author: Abraham Hill
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4046
Folio: ff. 48-49


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Abraham Hill (bap. 1635 d.1722) was Secretary to the Royal Society. He managed its correspondence (Lotte Mulligan, ‘Hill, Abraham (bap. 1635, d. 1722)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2006 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/13265, accessed 9 July 2015]).



Patient Details

  • Patient info
    Name: N/A Abraham Hill
    Gender:
    Age:
  • Description
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
    Previous Treatment:
    Ongoing Treatment:

    He took and is still taking waters 'whither Bath or Bristol [he] knew not'. As he is improving, he requests that Sloane tell him where he can procure more water.


    Response:

    Hill's stomach feels better since he followed Sloane's instructions.

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    Stomach