Letter 2523

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Samuel Dwight to Hans Sloane – November 21, 1721


Item info

Date: November 21, 1721
Author: Samuel Dwight
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4046
Folio: ff. 150-151


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Transcription

[fol. 151] Sir, Mr Osgood’s Child has taken Asses Milk 5 or 6 Days. But the last day she took it, she was so loose with it, that she was ready to faint. For wch reason her Mother would not suffer her to continue it. She can’t be prevail’d on to take the Electuary. She took it but once, and threw it up. After Bleeding, she was much better. And now is much stronger, than she was: tho when the Fever comes (which holds her about two Hours) she finds her self weaken’d. Her cough is a little abated; tho not quite gone. I am just now told by her Mother, that a whitish Slime comes now and then from her. Whether from an Apostem in the Neck of the Bladder, or from some other cause, I do not pretend to determine. But it gives her frequent Pains like those of the Strangury: And she vents but little Urine at a time. This at present is all the Account I can give of her. And since I have given yu thebest information I can, I hope yu will give yur farther Directions to Your most obedient humble servt Samuel Dwight Fulham Nov. 21 1721

Samuel Dwight was a physician and author. He wrote two medical treatises of note, one of which was dedicated to Sir Hans Sloane (Gordon Goodwin, Dwight, Samuel (16681737), rev. Michael Bevan, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/8339, accessed 16 July 2013]).



Patient Details

  • Patient info
    Name: N/A Unnamed Child
    Gender:
    Age:
  • Description

    The child suffered from loose stools, coughing, faintness, fever, weakness, unknown secretions, and pain.

  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
    Previous Treatment:

    The child took asses milk, an electuary, and was bled.


    Ongoing Treatment:
    Response:

    Bleeding provided some relief, while the asses milk led to faintness.

  • More information
  • Medical problem reference
    Diarrhea, Coughs, Fevers, Pain, Fainting