Letter 2448

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Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet to Hans Sloane – January 25, 1720/21


Item info

Date: January 25, 1720/21
Author: Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4046
Folio: ff. 62-63


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Transcription

Thomas Tufton (1644-1729), 6th Earl of Thanet, was a nobleman and politician. He served as Captain of the Troop of Horse, Member of Parliament for Appelby from 1668 to 1679, and was eventually invested as a Privy Councillor in 1702. He was Lord-Lieutenant of Cumberland from 1712 to 1714 (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 III, page 297).



Patient Details

  • Patient info
    Name: N/A Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet
    Gender:
    Age:
  • Description

    Tufton has a case of gout in his 'great Toe' and 'gripings in his Stomach'. Treatment gave him a 'looseness [and] a weakness of Stomach'. He is unable to 'take up. [the] sort of physick as formerly'. His 'gripings' last '2 or 3 hours after meals' and upset his stomach and bowels. His condition has improved.

  • Diagnosis

    Tufton awaits Sloane's advice.

  • Treatment
    Previous Treatment:

    '[He] took for 10. Nights of Goa Stone and Galcoign powdr'. He took 'Goa Stone and as much at Raleigh's Cordial' at night and in the morning as Sloane directed. He has been drinking double the amount of wine, mixed with water, but it is ineffective. Tufton has also been taking the 'sach'.


    Ongoing Treatment:

    Sloane's prescription on fol. 62 reads: 'Enem aditr. aq. Spadau. deascord. thab.[?]' Tufton wants to know how much longer he has to take his 'Cordials'. He does not want to be purged or blistered.


    Response:

    The 'Goas Stone and Galcoign powdr' caused 'pain into the side [...] and shoulder [and] again into the stomach'.

  • More information
  • Medical problem reference
    Gout, Pain, Stomach, Bowels