Letter 0005

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Catherine Conduit (nee Barton) to Hans Sloane – c. 1740-1749


Item info

Date: c. 1740-1749
Author: Catherine Conduit (nee Barton)
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4075
Folio: f. 19


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Transcription

Catherine Conduit’s name is spelled ‘Catherine Conduitt’ in this letter. Catherine Conduit, nee Barton (b. 1679, d. after 1719), was the daughter of Reverend Robert Barton and Hannah Smith. In 1717 she married John Conduit and in 1719 they had a daughter, Catherine Conduit (d. 1750) (http://www.thepeerage.com/p14256.htm#i142556).



Patient Details

  • Patient info
    Name: N/A John Wallop Jr., Viscount Lymington
    Gender:
    Age:B. 1719, d. 1749, m. 1740.
  • Description
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
    Previous Treatment:
    Ongoing Treatment:

    Vomits.


    Response:

    Heard that vomit nearly blinded him and that he did not fare well with vomits in general. Mother hoped that he could have some other medicine: would brimstone be proper?

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  • Medical problem reference
    Eyes, Unspecified