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
Isabella Tufton
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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: Lady Isabella Tufton
Gender:
Age: -
Description
The young woman has been 'disturbed about 3 months, she is not madd enough for Bedlam but will not be well without medicine'. She was 'found in a wood almost starved'.
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Diagnosis
Tufton asks Sloane what he should do.
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
A friend of the woman gave her some medicine.
Ongoing Treatment:
Response: -
More information
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Medical problem reference
Smallpox, Mental Illness, Pain, Gout, Stomach, Digestion