Anne Pierrepont to Hans Sloane – October 13, 1707
Item info
Date: October 13, 1707 Author: Anne Pierrepont Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041 Folio: ff. 40-41
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Medical
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Subjects
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Date (as written)
October 13, 1707
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
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Others mentioned
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Patients mentioned
Pierrepont (Anne Pierrepont's Daughter)
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Transcription
Anne Pierrepont (d. 1734/35) was the daughter of Robert Pierrepont and Anne Murray. She married Thomas Newport, 1st Baron Torrington some time after 1705 (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 XII/1, page 788).
Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: Miss. Pierrepont (Anne Pierrepont's Daughter)
Gender:
Age: -
Description
Fell from a horse three months ago; bruised her shoulder and leg; shoulder healed well, but the leg was so bad she could not stand for two months. She was forced to lay in bed; has never complained of sickness or soreness; cheerful.
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Diagnosis
Six weeks ago her 'stomach went off'. She had pains in her back and hips and was sick and vomiting. The doctor believed it all stemmed from an accumulation of gravel from laying too long.
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
After falling from the horse a bonesetter was brought in and blood was let. When the patient's 'stomach went off' a purgative was administered. After that, the doctor blistered her.
Ongoing Treatment:Taking oatmeal with white wine or water gruel.
Response:Initial vomiting was no help; blistering led patient to void a great deal of red sand; nothing appears to have worked; pains and retching kept returning.
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Injuries (includes wounds, sores, bruises), Pain, Stomach