Elizabeth Edwardes to Hans Sloane – n.d. [ca. 1726]
Item info
Date: n.d. [ca. 1726] Author: Elizabeth Edwardes Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4075 Folio: ff. 81-82
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Medical, Social
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Subjects
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Date (as written)
n.d. [ca. 1726]
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
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Others mentioned
Charles Cadogan
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Patients mentioned
Elizabeth Edwardes
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Transcription
Also reminded Sloane of their old acquaintance and her ongoing high regard for Sloane. Mentioned that she had heard that one of Sloane’s daughters had recently married Lord Cadogan’s brother. Elizabeth Sloane married Lt. Col. Charles Cadogan, 2nd Baron Cadogan of Oakley in 1717.[“Cadogan”, Burke’s Peerage, vol. 1 p. 465; “Cadogan”, The Complete Peerage, vol. 2, p. 461.]
Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: Lady Elizabeth Edwardes
Gender:
Age:[m. by 1711 when first child born] -
Description
Has previously been treated by Sloane ("so long sence I have troubeld yo with a leter that prehaps yo haye quite for got yr old aquantance Lady Betty Rich [sic]".
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Diagnosis
Referred to illness as colic and gravel, "distemper of this country".
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
[May be related to letter of May 8, 1725, MS 4075, ff. 83-84. Cause of illness was putting swollen foot into water, which drove the humour into the belly.]
Ongoing Treatment:
Response:Spirits oppressed and pain in stomach "and stiches lick a wind runing all over me."
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Pain, Stomach, Emotions, Colics, Swollen foot