Letter 0132

James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby to Hans Sloane – February 19, 1713/4


Item info

Date: February 19, 1713/4
Author: James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4075
Folio: ff. 63-64



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Patient Details

  • Patient info
    Name: N/A John Getting
    Gender:
    Age:
  • Description
  • Diagnosis

    Madness. The author wrote to Sloane for advice in a previous letter.

  • Treatment
    Previous Treatment:
    Ongoing Treatment:

    Sloane presribed an unnamed treatment for Getting but Derby could not put it in to practice right away because he had just had Getting bled heavily and had given him "Antimonial preparations by stealth."


    Response:

    Derby cannot say if the treatment will have a lasting effect but noted that Getting had been working in the garden and seems well.

  • More information
  • Medical problem reference
    Mental Illness