Peter Barwick to Hans Sloane – June 27, 1690
Item info
Date: June 27, 1690 Author: Peter Barwick Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036 Folio: ff. 85-86
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Medical, Royal College of Physicians
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Subjects
Dispute
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Date (as written)
June 27, 1690
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Westminster
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Others mentioned
Thomas Pelham-Holles Henrietta Pelham-Holles Mr. While Mr More Dr. Walter Charelton
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Patients mentioned
Elizabeth Monck (nee Cavendish), Duchess of Abemarle
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Transcription
Barwick is having some difficulty in his College, which is keeping him away. Peter Barwick (1619-1705) was a physician. He served Charles II in 1651 and was censor of the College of Physicians in 1674, 1684, and 1687. Sir Hans Sloane was one of the executors of Barwick’s will (Peter Elmer, ‘Barwick, Peter (1619–1705)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/1614, accessed 9 July 2014]).
Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: Lady Elizabeth Monck (nee Cavendish), Duchess of Abemarle
Gender:
Age: -
Description
[Lady Elizabeth Cavendish, b. 1654, d. 1734. Later married Ralph Montague, Duke of Montague. Cokayne, Complete Peerage, vol. 1, p. 90.] Had 'a strong vomit in her stomach'.
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Diagnosis
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
Her stomach felt better after 'ye Oatmeal'.
Ongoing Treatment:
Response:Lady Albemarle not improving despite treatment; her condition was just as bad as it was after previous treatments. These previous treatments include emetic wine. Barwick would like the Duchess to be given ten ounces of 'mere. vitae', and asks Sloane to let him know the results.
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Stomach