Letter 3683

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Richard Richardson to Hans Sloane – November 3, 1729


Item info

Date: November 3, 1729
Author: Richard Richardson
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4050
Folio: ff. 224-225


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Transcription

Richardson hopes his last box reached Sloane. Mr Miller of the Chelsea Physic Garden promised to send the plants soon. Richardson and Mr Green, the bookseller, drank to Sloane’s health recently. Richardson was a physician and botanist who traveled widely in England, Wales, and Scotland in search of rare specimens. He corresponded and exchanged plants with many well-known botanists and naturalists (W. P. Courtney, Richardson, Richard (16631741), rev. Peter Davis, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2010 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/23576, accessed 31 May 2011]).



Patient Details

  • Patient info
    Name: Miss. Watson (Daughter of Mrs. Watson)
    Gender:
    Age:
  • Description

    Watson's illness first appeared in her elbow, which 'broake & discharged a large quantity of a thin white' fluid. She seems to have recovered after this. Another tumour has formed on her foot.

  • Diagnosis

    Tumour.

  • Treatment
    Previous Treatment:

    The girl was taken to other physicians before Richardson. Richardson gave her 'Calibiate Waters Lime Drinks [...] milipeats in pretty large quantities [...] Dabam: Tartar'. She is washed and bathed regularly. The treatment has gone on for two or three months.


    Ongoing Treatment:

    Sloane's advice is solicited.


    Response:

    She seems to have recovered as a result of Richardson's treatment, but has to go to Wakefield before 'having the Cure Compleated'.

  • More information
  • Medical problem reference
    Tumour