Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet to Hans Sloane – February 25, 1720/21
Item info
Date: February 25, 1720/21 Author: Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4046 Folio: ff. 68-69
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Medical, Mental Illness
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Subjects
Bedlam
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Date (as written)
February 25, 1720/21
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Hothfield
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Others mentioned
Dr Grandorge
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Patients mentioned
Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet
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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
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Patient info
Name: N/A Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet
Gender:
Age: -
Description
Tufton thinks he has gout, but is unsure as the condition subsided after 'four daies'. Then his stomach began to act up. He has had a 'loosness' for a few days, which was 'Occasioned by something that did not Agree with [his] stomach'.
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Diagnosis
He believes a 'Goutish humour' has something to do with his illness.
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
He took 'Gore Stone and Gascoin powder', which had little effect so he took 'Rawleighs Cordiall and the Gore Stone'. Tufton also took 'pearl powder in A glass of Bath water', but it did not agree with him. He found that 'Mixing Bath water with [his] wine at meals' agrees with him.
Ongoing Treatment:He is going to take 'Rhubarb' and continue with 'this Cordiall' as Sloane suggested.
Response:The 'gripings [have] much lessend' after he adjusted the dosages. His pains are less pronounced 'when [he is] Empty'. Tufton complains: 'I am too old to take Potions and Pills but Any sort of Cordialls Agrees with me'. His pain has subsided, but he is still taken by 'A gripeing'.
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Smallpox, Mental Illness, Pain, Gout, Stomach, Digestion