Peter Barwick to Hans Sloane – September 6, 1690
Item info
Date: September 6, 1690 Author: Peter Barwick Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036 Folio: ff. 95-96
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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
Births, Dreams
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Date (as written)
September 6, 1690
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
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Others mentioned
John Woodward Catherine Tufton (Lady Thanet)
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Patients mentioned
Elizabeth Monck (nee Cavendish), Duchess of Abemarle
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Transcription
Mr Woodward is in Derbyshire ‘observing some curiositys’. Barwick believes he will be in London near the end of the month. He ‘dreamt that my Lady Dutchess was very angry with me for not writing to her’. Barwick heard Lady Thanet gave birth to a daughter. 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
Barwick mostly discusses her mental state; she has begun seeing friends again to remind her of her obligations.
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Diagnosis
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Treatment
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Ongoing Treatment:
Response:Barwick urges Sloane to continue giving the Duchess purgatives.
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Unspecified