Letter 1667

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John Arbuthnot to Hans Sloane – April 2, 1710


Item info

Date: April 2, 1710
Author: John Arbuthnot
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042
Folio: f. 120


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Transcription

Arbuthnot is working to change ‘the crest of the family coat’ and provides a description and small drawing of it for Sloane. He is thinking of changing the ‘peacocks head for Common Cocks head’ and altering the motto. Arbuthnot was a physician and satirist most famous for his John Bull pamphlets which led to the character becoming a national symbol (Angus Ross, Arbuthnot , John (bap. 1667, d. 1735), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/610, accessed 14 June 2011]).



Patient Details

  • Patient info
    Name: N/A Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough
    Gender:
    Age:
  • Description

    Mordaunt has sinus issues, small pox, and his face expresses illness. Arbuthnot is afraid he will slip into a coma.

  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
    Previous Treatment:

    Arbuthnot administered 'Material diffusions' and had Mordaunt maintain 'good spitting', which made him a little better by the 'ninth day'.


    Ongoing Treatment:

    Continued spitting.


    Response:
  • More information
  • Medical problem reference
    Coma, Smallpox