Letter 4144

Teissier writes to Sloane to express his pleasure in acquainting Sloane with the Prince of Orange, who is mending his health daily. There has not been an occasion for Teissier to take the Prince’s pulse since they were together in Kensington. The Prince faired the severe weather and the waters agreed with him, drinking four different draughts. Teissier will set out early tomorrow morning and hopes to meet Sloane at Sr. James’s at the usual hour on Sunday morning. George Louis Teissier (d. 1742) was a German-born physician. He was physician to George I and George II as well as Westminster Hospital from 1728 to 1733. He also worked at St George’s Hospital and to Chelsea Hospital. Teissier was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1725 (https://collections.royalsociety.org/DServe.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=0&dsqSearch=%28Surname%3D%27teissier%27%29).