Rachel Russell to Hans Sloane – October 6, 1702
Item info
Date: October 6, 1702 Author: Rachel Russell Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4039 Folio: f. 34
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Medical
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Date (as written)
October 6, 1702
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Origin (as written)
Straton
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Others mentioned
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Patients mentioned
Unnamed
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Lady Rachel Russell (1636-1723) was born Rachel Wriothesley. She first married Francis Vaughan, Lord Vaughan and then in 1669 she married William Russell, Lord Russell (G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 81).
Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: N/A Unnamed
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Description
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Diagnosis
Affliction is described as 'not common', but no further details are given. The patient has apparently died, Russell writing that she 'hopes the errors of his life are forgiven him'.
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Medical problem reference
Death