Martin Lister to Hans Sloane – March 16, 1703
Item info
Date: March 16, 1703 Author: Martin Lister Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4039 Folio: f. 273
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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)
March 16, 1703
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Epsome
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Others mentioned
Mr Madden
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Patients mentioned
Martin Lister
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Transcription
Martin Lister was a physician and naturalist who was honored by being appointed second physician to the queen in 1710. He wrote and published several medical and natural history works, some of which appeared in Philosophical Transactions, as well as serving as vice-president of the Royal Society briefly in 1685-1686 (J. D. Woodley, Lister, Martin (bap. 1639, d. 1712), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/16763, accessed 11 May 2011]).
Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: N/A Martin Lister
Gender:
Age: -
Description
Lister was 'indisposed with an intermitting feavour' and has been suffering for 3 weeks.
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Diagnosis
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
Ongoing Treatment:He asks Sloane to send him 'an ounce or 2 of ye beet; and to send it to me in powder'.
Response: -
More information
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Medical problem reference
Fevers