Letter 0980

Posted on August 2, 2016 by -

Edward Southwell to Hans Sloane – February 11, 1704/05


Item info

Date: February 11, 1704/05
Author: Edward Southwell
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4039
Folio: ff. 432-433


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Transcription

Edward Southwell was a politician and government official. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1692. By 1702 he was appointed Secretary of State for Ireland (D. W. Hayton, Southwell, Edward (16711730), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/26060, accessed 8 July 2013]).



Patient Details

  • Patient info
    Name: N/A Elizabeth Southwell, Lady Cromwell
    Gender:
    Age:
  • Description
  • Diagnosis

    Swollen stomach with pain and sickness; symptoms of quickness.

  • Treatment
    Previous Treatment:
    Ongoing Treatment:

    She has been following Sloane's advice; taking air and exercise by going for walks on the Strand the past fortnight.


    Response:

    Despite the relatively mild problems, Southwell writes: 'I may say that we are in a very good manner and wish God's help like so to continue. Shee has taken no manner of physick whatsoever'.

  • More information
  • Medical problem reference
    Stomach, Swelling, Pain