Letter 2426

Posted on August 2, 2016 by -

Edward Watson, Viscount Sondes to Hans Sloane – September 21, 1720


Item info

Date: September 21, 1720
Author: Edward Watson, Viscount Sondes
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4046
Folio: ff. 21-22


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Transcription

Edward Watson, Viscount Sondes (d. 1722) was the son of Lewis Watson 1st Earl of Rockingham. He married Lady Katherine Tufton in 1708/9. Watson was Viscount Sondes from 1714 to his death in 1722 (G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume III, page 298)



Patient Details

  • Patient info
    Name: N/A Edward Watson, Viscount Sondes
    Gender:
    Age:
  • Description

    Watson feels better, but he is still experiencing swelling.

  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
    Previous Treatment:

    He 'Drankthe water Upwards of a Month' and is much improved.


    Ongoing Treatment:

    He asks Sloane how much longer he should take the waters: 'I desin [sic] yr Directions how much longer I am to drink the waters, whether only the 6 weeks as you first mentioned'.


    Response:
  • More information
  • Medical problem reference
    Inflammations