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RefNoCLP/14i/56
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'An account of a person who took a great quantity of opium without causing sleep' by Francis Willis, Stephen Flavell, John Cooke, and Richard Fanner
Date28 January 1701
DescriptionThe paper describes the case of a woman who, taken by fever, was given various quantities of opium in order to induce sleep from 28 January to 31 January 1701. The opium did not make her sleepy, but rather 'refreshed' her. She the died on 1 February 1701.

The account is signed by Dr Franc [Francis] Willis of Oxford, Dr Step [Stephen] Flavell, Dr John Cooke, and Ri [Richard] Fanner in the presence of Rich [Richard] Smith, Rich [Richard] Spicer, and Rogr [Roger] Garnham.

Subject: Medicine / Pharmacy

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of a person who took a great quantity of opium, without causing sleep'.

Dated at Newberry [Newbury]. Read to the Royal Society on 9 April 1701.
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1700.0107
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 22 (1700), p 999
RelatedRecordRBO/9/42
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