Letter 1561

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Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull to Hans Sloane – n.d.


Item info

Date: n.d.
Author: Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4075
Folio: ff. 361-362


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Transcription

Evelyn Pierrepont (bap. 1667, d. 1726), 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, was a politician (G. F. R. Barker, ‘Pierrepont, Evelyn, first duke of Kingston upon Hull (bap. 1667, d. 1726)’, rev. M. E. Clayton, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2005 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/22227, accessed 10 July 2014]).



Patient Details

  • Patient info
    Name: Lady Isabella Pierrepont (nee Bentinck), Duchess of Kingston
    Gender:
    Age:
  • Description

    Unclear which wife it was, though the second wife (Isabella) wrote to Sloane between 1723-1727.

  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
    Previous Treatment:

    Sloane had visited her.


    Ongoing Treatment:

    Powder ordered by Sloane.


    Response:

    Vomited up powder. Took some later (twice), which also made her ill. Constipated.

  • More information
  • Medical problem reference
    Stomach