John Hough to Hans Sloane – September 8, 1716
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Date: September 8, 1716 Author: John Hough Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4076 Folio: f. 5
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Medical
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Date (as written)
September 8, 1716
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Origin (as written)
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Others mentioned
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Patients mentioned
John Hough
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Fol. 5 If I have been tardy in giving you account of myself so often as I ought to have done, it was not upon my word, that I wanted either leisure or inclination but only that I would not be troublesome. I know you have business enough for ye whole day, without having any of your time taken up, in reading or writing unnecessary letters and finding myself mend under ye directions you had given me, I did not think I ought to ask for more, or other. I continue in ye course you proscribed,(Blessed be God) with good success. The swelling I complain’d of is in a manner gone, nothing of it appears till towards bedtime and then it is so little, that nobody perceives it, (or will own they do) besides myself. I have a very good appetite to what I eat, I always digest well; evacuations are regular; and in short, people about me say, I look healthfully, and I am sure I find myself easy: so that I propose (with God’s leave) to be moving upwards about three weeks hence, and within a month, I hope to present to you in good plight…
John Hough was the President of Magdalen College, Oxford and the Bishop of Worcester. He published several anti-Catholic pamphlets during his career (Julian Lock, Hough, John (16511743), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/13862, accessed 14 June 2011]).
Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: N/A John Hough
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Age:Hough was born on April 12, 1651 and was therefore 65 years old at the time of writing. -
Description
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
Ongoing Treatment:
Response:Swelling in legs and ankles all but disappeared, except for a recurrence in the hours before bedtime; appetite remains healthy; bowel movements regular.
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Hydropsy