William Coventry, 5th Earl of Coventry to Hans Sloane – February 24, 1725
Item info
Date: February 24, 1725 Author: William Coventry, 5th Earl of Coventry Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4047 Folio: ff. 325-326
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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
House Call, Inoculation, Smallpox
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Date (as written)
February 24, 1725
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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
Unnamed Children
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Transcription
William Coventry (1688-1750/51), 5th Earl of Coventry, was MP for Bridport between 1708 and 1719. He was invested into the Privy Council in 1719/20 and served as Custos Rotulorum of Worcestershire from 1720 to 1751 (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 473).
Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: N/A Unnamed Children
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Description
Coventry's children were inoculated yesterday.
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Diagnosis
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
Ongoing Treatment:Coventry requests that Sloane attend to them.
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Smallpox