John Burnet to Hans Sloane – April 7, 1725
Item info
Date: April 7, 1725 Author: John Burnet Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4047 Folio: ff. 333-334
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Curiosity Reports, Government, Material Culture, Medical, Scientific, Trade or Commodities, Travel
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Subjects
Curiosities, Inoculation, Netherlands, Scientific Instruments, Smallpox, Spain, War
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Date (as written)
April 7, 1725
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Carthagen
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Others mentioned
Edmond Halley Sir John Eyles James Pym
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Patients mentioned
Unnamed
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Transcription
James Pym is traveling to England and will relay news from the New World. Dr Halley has not returned Burnet’s friend’s quadrant. Burnet sends an account of a ‘Negro boy’ who had Mal de St Lazaro. He wonders whether ‘inoculateing the small pox on the Lazarens would not prove a Cure?’ Burnet was going to send curiosities with Pym, but could not get them packed up in time. The Spanish have sunk several Dutch ships. John Burnet worked for the South Sea Company in the West Indies and later served as the Physician to King Philip V of Spain.
Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: N/A Unnamed
Gender:
Age:Between '12 or 14 years of Age'. -
Description
The patient was a 'Negro boy'. He had Mal de St Lazaro and smallpox. Further, 'four Large Imposthems one on each arm & one on each thigh which discharged a vast deal of Matter' developed.
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Diagnosis
Smallpox; Mal de St Lazaro.
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
Ongoing Treatment:
Response:The boy is 'now perfectly recover'd'.
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Mal de St Lazaro, Smallpox