Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu to Hans Sloane – April 21, 1701
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Date: April 21, 1701 Author: Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038 Folio: ff. 162-163
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Medical, Social
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Subjects
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Date (as written)
April 21, 1701
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Origin (as written)
Boughton
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Others mentioned
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Patients mentioned
Monke
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Montagu wtites that he is in a good state and life outside of London is quieter. Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montague (bap. 1638, d. 1709) was an English courtier, diplomat, and patron of the arts. He was elected to Parliament both before and after the Glorious Revolution (Edward Charles Metzger, Montagu, Ralph, first duke of Montagu (bap. 1638, d. 1709), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/19030, accessed 25 June 2013]).
Patient Details
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Name: Mr. Monke
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Description
Montagu informs Sloane 'Mr Monke is verye fortunate to have fallen into your hands if he recovers I wish he may make a better use of his life then he has don hitherto'. He adds that the weather has been very cold as of late. Monke 'neither takes anye sort of milk in the morning nor syrop to sleepe at night'.
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Diagnosis
It is unclear what afflicted Mr Monke.
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