Letter 4126

Milward writes to thank Sloane for his Friendship and requests any job in his business either here or abroad that Sloane may offer to him. He fills the letter with complements and praise, emphasizing his respect for Sloane and his work. Edward Milward (1711/12-1757), physician and writer was educated at Trinity College Cambridge but left without graduating and acquired his doctor of medicine from a European university, probably Leiden. His main interests were medical writers of antiquity on which he wrote many essays. Alexander Du Toit, Milward, Edward (1711/12-1757), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/18806, accessed 13 Aug 2015]).