Letter 0036

Elizabeth Frere to Hans Sloane – May 23, 1729


Item info

Date: May 23, 1729
Author: Elizabeth Frere
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4075
Folio: f. 159



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Patient Details

  • Patient info
    Name: Miss. Frere (Elizabeth Frere's Daughter)
    Gender:
    Age:"little girl"
  • Description
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
    Previous Treatment:
    Ongoing Treatment:

    Sloane previously prescribed unnamed "Conserve and Tea". Receipt that has done great cures given to Frere by "a Lady": spung [sponge?] burnt to ashes and sifted, then the amount the size of a shilling given in milk at specified intervals throughout the day.


    Response:

    Sweating comes and goes. Wanted Sloane's opinion on receipt before she tried it, being "afaid to use any thing without your advise".

  • More information
  • Medical problem reference
    Fevers, Sweating