John Hough to Hans Sloane – August 18, 1722
Item info
Date: August 18, 1722 Author: John Hough Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4046 Folio: f. 286
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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
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Date (as written)
August 18, 1722
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Hartlebury near Kidderminster in Worcestershire
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Others mentioned
Dr Beard
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Patients mentioned
John Hough
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Transcription
Hough’s wife is being treated by Dr Beard, the best physician in the region. Beard is working under Sloane’s direction, administering the prescription to Mrs Hough. Beard is to write Sloane for further instructions. 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: -
Description
'I write in great anxiety for my Fears exceed my Hopes'.
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Treatment
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Medical problem reference
Anxiety, Melancholy, Unspecified