GB 0113 MS-SYDET - SYDENHAM, Thomas (1624-1689)

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GB 0113 MS-SYDET

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SYDENHAM, Thomas (1624-1689)

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  • 1669- c 1683 (Creation)

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2 items

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Baptized, 1624; educated Oxford University and Montpellier; began his career as an army officer in the army of Charles I; entered medicine and became a famous London practitioner, often called 'the English Hippocrates'; His conceptions of the causes and treatments of epidemics and his classic descriptions of gout, smallpox, malaria, scarlet fever, hysteria, and chorea established him as a founder of modern clinical medicine and epidemiology; died, 1689.

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GB 0113 MS-SYDET 1669- c 1683 Collection (fonds) 2 items Sydenham , Thomas , 1624-1689 , physician

Baptized, 1624; educated Oxford University and Montpellier; began his career as an army officer in the army of Charles I; entered medicine and became a famous London practitioner, often called 'the English Hippocrates'; His conceptions of the causes and treatments of epidemics and his classic descriptions of gout, smallpox, malaria, scarlet fever, hysteria, and chorea established him as a founder of modern clinical medicine and epidemiology; died, 1689.

Translation of the treatise on gout purchased 1961.

Papers of Thomas Sydenham, 1669-c1683, including observations on fevers and acute diseases, in collaboration with John Locke and translation into English of his treatise on gout.

Open for consultation, unless otherwise indicated.

All requests should be referred to the Archivist.

English

Available at the Royal College of Physicians.

Imported from the RCP's Adlib catalogue; edited by Sarah Drewery.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Aug 2008 Arthritis Diseases Fever Gout Medical sciences Pathology Sydenham , Thomas , 1624-1689 , physician Body temperature changes Signs and symptoms Pathological conditions, signs and symptoms

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Translation of the treatise on gout purchased 1961.

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Papers of Thomas Sydenham, 1669-c1683, including observations on fevers and acute diseases, in collaboration with John Locke and translation into English of his treatise on gout.

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Open for consultation, unless otherwise indicated.

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All requests should be referred to the Archivist.

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  • English

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  • Latin

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English

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Available at the Royal College of Physicians.

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Royal College of Physicians

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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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  • English

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