| RefNo | CLP/14i/57 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, 'Concerning a calenture' from Wm [William] Oliver to the publisher |
| Date | [1703] |
| Description | Oliver writes of a case of a sailor afflicted with a calenture [heat stroke/feverish delirium]. Oliver and the ship's surgeon attempted bleeding the man from multiple veins with little success, obtaining only a small amount of blood. After some time the man began bleeding normally and his symptoms subsided.
Subject: Medicine
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A letter of Dr William Oliver, F. R. S. concerning a calenture'.
Read to the Royal Society on 16 February 1703. |
| Extent | 7p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1704.0010
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 24 (1704), p 1562 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA480 | Oliver; William (1695 - 1764) | 1695 - 1764 |