Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet to Hans Sloane – July 31, 1712
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Date: July 31, 1712 Author: Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4043 Folio: ff. 70-71
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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)
July 31, 1712
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Hothfield
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Others mentioned
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Patients mentioned
Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet
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Thomas Tufton (1644-1729), 6th Earl of Thanet, was a nobleman and politician. He served as Captain of the Troop of Horse, Member of Parliament for Appelby from 1668 to 1679, and was eventually invested as a Privy Councillor in 1702. He was Lord-Lieutenant of Cumberland from 1712 to 1714 (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 297).
Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: N/A Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet
Gender:
Age: -
Description
Tufton has a 'cough and cold' as well as 'a soarnesse of breast [which] always brings a thicke Flegme'. He has pain in his teeth and slight headaches.
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Diagnosis
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
Tufton has been bled, blistered, and drinking milk since June 12. He took 'Powder of Pearle' for a time and tried a treatment with oranges, but found them too hard. He suggests using pears.
Ongoing Treatment:He suggests that purging or bleeding may do him some good.
Response: -
More information
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Medical problem reference
Teeth, Headache, Coughs, Colds