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Ezechiel de Spanheim to Hans Sloane – July 31, 1708
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Date: July 31, 1708
Author: Ezechiel de Spanheim
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: ff. 187-188
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De Spanheim requests that Sloane lend him two Latin books.
Ezechiel de Spanheim (1629-1710) was born in Geneva and studied at the University of Leyden. He became Professor of Rhetoric in Geneva in 1650. He tutored Charles I Louis, Elector of Palatine’s son and became a fellow of the Royal Society in 1679. As a diplomat he represented German states in Paris and London (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezekiel,_Freiherr_von_Spanheim).
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Johann Jakob Scheuchzer to Hans Sloane – December 20, 1718
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Date: December 20, 1718
Author: Johann Jakob Scheuchzer
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4045
Folio: f. 174
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Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672-1733) was a Swiss scholar and physician. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1703 and his work was published in the Philosophical Transactions. In 1708 his Itinera aplina tira was published in London. It was dedicated to the Royal Society. His largest project was the Itinera per Helvetiae alpines regions facta annis 1702-1711, dedicated to his travels and published in four volumes in 1723 at Leiden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Jakob_Scheuchzer).
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Thomas Denham to Hans Sloane – July 8, 1718
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Date: July 8, 1718
Author: Thomas Denham
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4045
Folio: f. 127
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‘This is a True Copy of the Register of Hollington’. Listed are the names of those who married, were baptised, or died in Hollington in 1717.
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Johann Jakob Scheuchzer to Hans Sloane – August 19, 1716
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Date: August 19, 1716
Author: Johann Jakob Scheuchzer
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4044
Folio: f. 206
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Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672-1733) was a Swiss scholar and physician. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1703 and his work was published in the Philosophical Transactions. In 1708 his Itinera aplina tira was published in London. It was dedicated to the Royal Society. His largest project was the Itinera per Helvetiae alpines regions facta annis 1702-1711, dedicated to his travels and published in four volumes in 1723 at Leiden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Jakob_Scheuchzer).
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Ann Ashe to Hans Sloane – June 18, 1698
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Date: June 18, 1698
Author: Ann Ashe
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 85-86
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Windham adds on fol. 86: ‘I desire you will send an answer to this as soon as possible which will oblidge your patient as well as yr ser K Windham’. The letter was sent to Dr Gibbsons’ residence but is addressed to both Gibbons and Sloane.
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Isaac Newton to Hans Sloane – September 17, 1705
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Date: September 17, 1705
Author: Isaac Newton
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: f. 68
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Since Mr Halifax and Mr Roberts are out of town, Newton would like Mr Hauksbee to put off showing his experiment for a while.
Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727). Newton was sent to grammar school in Grantham around 1654 where he perfected his Latin and discovered his passion for learning. Though his mother insisted he return to run her vast estate in 1659, Newton was unsatisfied there and returned to Grantham to prepare for university. He entered Trinity College, Cambridge in 1661 as a sub-sizer who performed menial tasks to earn his keep. Newton strayed from the curriculum, focusing instead on Descartes, Boyle, Hobbes and their “new science” and “the nature of things”. In 1664, he turned to Mathematics, Optics and Mechanics, publishing his discoveries. He was elected to receive BA in 1664 and MA in 1668. In 1669, he became Lucasian Professor teaching Optics and created the first reflective telescope. Newton reached out to the Royal Society in 1675 and in 1686 he presented his manuscript “Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica” (‘Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy’) including his theory of universal gravitation, which was the most soundly proven theory published. In 1696, Newton became the warden of the Royal Mint in London where he faced the problem of counterfeiters. In 1704, Newton became the President of the Royal Society, during which time he introduced Hauksbee, who performed experiments with air pumps, electricity and capillary action. Newton also cleaned up the Society’s finances and published his second major work, “Optiks”. In 1722, he contracted a serious illness where he continued to decline in health until his death in 1727. (Richard S. Westfall, “Newton, Sir Isaac (16421727)”, The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography).
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Mårten Triewald to Hans Sloane – May 16, 1730
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Date: May 16, 1730
Author: Mårten Triewald
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4051
Folio: ff. 29-30
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One of Triewald’s countryman wants to be elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. Triewald would also like to be admitted into the Royal Society. He will be very flattered if such an honour is bestowed on him.
Mårten Triewald (1691-1747) was a Swedish merchant, engineer, physicist, and military architect. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1731 and served as the King of Sweden’s Director of Mechanics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mårten_Triewald).
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Gottfried Sellius to Hans Sloane – Octobr 1734
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Date: Octobr 1734
Author: Gottfried Sellius
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4053
Folio: f. 281
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Gottfried Sellius (1704-1767) was a German academic, translator, and initiator of the project that led to the production of the Encyclopédie. He studied at Marburg and Leiden and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1733 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottfried_Sellius).
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Edward Davies to Hans Sloane – July 8, 1728
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Date: July 8, 1728
Author: Edward Davies
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4075
Folio: f. 56
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Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: Mr. Davies
Gender:
Age:15
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Description
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Diagnosis
Davies believed that his son contracted a cold in 1721 when his son as eight. During this time it took the son a great deal of time to get dressed and he would often sit for hours in his nightshirt. Davies thinks that he caught a cold and it made his blood more watery.
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Treatment
Previous Treatment: His son had sudden pains in the knees and Davies worried that they would make their way to his head. Also Davies noted that his “blood was poyson’d in my youth with a Quicksilver-gird & I wish my off-spring do not suffer that”. He had not bled his son and when he purged him with “Daffy’s Elixir it has much deprest his spirits.”
Ongoing Treatment: He asked Sloane to give a prescription from his description of his son’s illness. If Sloane needed to see his son Davies would accommodate him, though riding was difficult for Davies. Davies also indicated that he had been teaching his son Latin in the hopes that his son would be able to go to public school, but he was concerned that teaching his son Latin would harm him because of his condition.
Sloane noted at the bottom: "vensect. vascular. Elect. cum julap. cephalic."
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Medical problem reference
Rheumatism, Convulsions, Palsy, Pain, Emotions, Blood, Childhood Diseases
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Johann Jakob Scheuchzer to Hans Sloane – January 4, 1732
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Date: January 4, 1732
Author: Johann Jakob Scheuchzer
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4052
Folio: ff. 56-57
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Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672-1733) was a Swiss scholar and physician. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1703 and his work was published in the Philosophical Transactions. In 1708 his Itinera aplina tira was published in London. It was dedicated to the Royal Society. His largest project was the Itinera per Helvetiae alpines regions facta annis 1702-1711, dedicated to his travels and published in four volumes in 1723 at Leiden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Jakob_Scheuchzer).