Letter 1167

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Anne Pierrepont to Hans Sloane – October 13, 1707


Item info

Date: October 13, 1707
Author: Anne Pierrepont
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: ff. 40-41


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Transcription

Anne Pierrepont (d. 1734/35) was the daughter of Robert Pierrepont and Anne Murray. She married Thomas Newport, 1st Baron Torrington some time after 1705 (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 XII/1, page 788).



Patient Details

  • Patient info
    Name: Miss. Pierrepont (Anne Pierrepont's Daughter)
    Gender:
    Age:
  • Description

    Fell from a horse three months ago; bruised her shoulder and leg; shoulder healed well, but the leg was so bad she could not stand for two months. She was forced to lay in bed; has never complained of sickness or soreness; cheerful.

  • Diagnosis

    Six weeks ago her 'stomach went off'. She had pains in her back and hips and was sick and vomiting. The doctor believed it all stemmed from an accumulation of gravel from laying too long.

  • Treatment
    Previous Treatment:

    After falling from the horse a bonesetter was brought in and blood was let. When the patient's 'stomach went off' a purgative was administered. After that, the doctor blistered her.


    Ongoing Treatment:

    Taking oatmeal with white wine or water gruel.


    Response:

    Initial vomiting was no help; blistering led patient to void a great deal of red sand; nothing appears to have worked; pains and retching kept returning.

  • More information
  • Medical problem reference
    Injuries (includes wounds, sores, bruises), Pain, Stomach