George Louis Teissier to Hans Sloane – May 4, 1728
Item info
Date: May 4, 1728 Author: George Louis Teissier Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4049 Folio: ff. 158-159
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Collections, Medical, Social
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Subjects
Cabinet, Curiosities, Mineral Waters, Royal Family
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Date (as written)
May 4, 1728
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Bath
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Others mentioned
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Patients mentioned
Princess Amelia of Great Britain
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Transcription
Teissier was pleased to receive Sloane’s letter and apologizes for not writing sooner. He suggests that it must have pleased Sloane to have members of the Royal Family view his cabinet of curiosities. George Louis Teissier (d. 1742) was a German-born physician. He was physician to George I and George II as well as Westminster Hospital from 1728 to 1733. He also worked at St George’s Hospital and to Chelsea Hospital. Teissier was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1725 (https://collections.royalsociety.org/DServe.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=0&dsqSearch=%28Surname%3D%27teissier%27%29).
Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: N/A Princess Amelia of Great Britain
Gender:
Age: -
Description
Princess Amelia sends her thanks. She is in a much better state of health. She is taking the waters every morning and 'her throat was open for ye first time at night and that she eat some small matter for her supper'. The weather is not having a great affect on her.
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Diagnosis
Throat.
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
Taking the waters at Bath.
Ongoing Treatment:Taking the waters at Bath.
Response:The waters allow her to open her throat.
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Throat