RefNo | L&P/6/209 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letters, 'Of a fasting woman' from Alexander MacKenzie to John Pringle |
Date | 5 June 1776 |
Description | Account of Janet MacLeod, 33, who stopped eating and drinking after a series of epileptic seizures left her bed ridden, with lock-jaw and no appetite. She survived this way under the care of her parents for four years before recovering somewhat.
Subject: Medicine
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of a woman in the shire of Ross living without food or drink'
Read 7 November 1776 |
Extent | 8p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1777.0002 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA6809 | Pringle; Sir; John (1707 - 1782) | 1707 - 1782 |