John Beaumont to Hans Sloane – July 13, 1730
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Date: July 13, 1730 Author: John Beaumont Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4051 Folio: ff. 70-71
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English
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British Library, London
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Medical
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July 13, 1730
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John Beaumont
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[fol. 70] Sr I have sent yo a smal present for yr great favours & wish I could tell where ye stone was found but it came to my hand accidentally so yt I know it not my eyes are troubld wth a hot & sharp humor & are scald up in ye night time. if yo please to prescribe what medicine yo think proper for it yo will very much oblige Sr your very humble servant John Beaumont July ye 13 1730
John Beaumont was a natural philosopher, geologist, translator, and writer who contributed specimens to the Royal Society’s collection (Scott Mandelbrote, Beaumont, John (c.16401731), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Sept 2010 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/1876, accessed 1 Sept 2011]).
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Name: N/A John Beaumont
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Ongoing Treatment:Beaumont solicits Sloane's advice.
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Medical problem reference
Humors, Eyes