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Richard Richardson to Hans Sloane – September 10, 1721
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Date: September 10, 1721
Author: Richard Richardson
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4046
Folio: ff. 130-131
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Richardson writes of several people who suffered from the same ailment. It fell ‘chiefly amongst the poor people’. The epidemic killed many people. Patients have a ‘depressed pulse’ and ‘malignant fever’. The man who brought the illness from Lincolnshire is still alive, but has headaches. Richardson tried to contact the Consul, but he is traveling in France and Holland. He congratulates Sloane on the success of smallpox inoculation, noting that ‘it was practised in Asia long agoe’.
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
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Patient info
Name: N/A Unnamed
Gender:
Age:An 'old man'.
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Description
The man had similar complaints as above.
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Diagnosis
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Treatment
Previous Treatment: He took an 'alexipharmick Electuary and Julape' applied to 'his legs'. The man was blistered.
Ongoing Treatment: A 'string Infusion of serpent virgin: serrd: Rat: ther: Innend: et Rorisanserum. made with malt spirits'.
Response: Treatment 'had no effect not the least blister appearing'. Further blisters 'appeared under the the plaisters but [...] no discharge was made but the skin appeared very white'. The man 'went of in convulsions'.
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Death, Colds, Eyes, Convulsions, Death, Eyes, Convulsions, Death
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Richard Richardson to Hans Sloane – September 10, 1721
Item info
Date: September 10, 1721
Author: Richard Richardson
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4046
Folio: ff. 130-131
Original Page
Transcription
Richardson writes of several people who suffered from the same ailment. It fell ‘chiefly amongst the poor people’. The epidemic killed many people. Patients have a ‘depressed pulse’ and ‘malignant fever’. The man who brought the illness from Lincolnshire is still alive, but has headaches. Richardson tried to contact the Consul, but he is traveling in France and Holland. He congratulates Sloane on the success of smallpox inoculation, noting that ‘it was practised in Asia long agoe’.
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
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Patient info
Name: N/A Poor Man's Wife
Gender:
Age:An 'old man'.
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Description
The man had similar complaints as above.
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Diagnosis
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Treatment
Previous Treatment: He took an 'alexipharmick Electuary and Julape' applied to 'his legs'. The man was blistered.
Ongoing Treatment: A 'string Infusion of serpent virgin: serrd: Rat: ther: Innend: et Rorisanserum. made with malt spirits'.
Response: Treatment 'had no effect not the least blister appearing'. Further blisters 'appeared under the the plaisters but [...] no discharge was made but the skin appeared very white'. The man 'went of in convulsions'.
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Death, Colds, Eyes, Convulsions, Death, Eyes, Convulsions, Death
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William Sherard to Hans Sloane – August 20, 1720
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Date: August 20, 1720
Author: William Sherard
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4046
Folio: f. 5
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Sherard received a package of books from Breyne, destined for Sloane.
Sherard was a botanist and cataloguer. He worked for the Turkish Company at Smyrna where he collected botanical specimens and antiques (D. E. Allen, Sherard, William (16591728), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/25355, accessed 24 June 2011]).
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Richard Richardson to Hans Sloane – February 15, 1723/24
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Date: February 15, 1723/24
Author: Richard Richardson
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4047
Folio: ff. 131-132
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[fol. 132]
Honrd Sr
On wednesday last I sent yu by John Houldsworth a pott of Woodcocks which I had intended to have done in November last, but the season at that time was so dry & warme that we had none at all came to us they have all the winter been very scarce here though in some parts of Lancashire & Westmorland which are nigh the sea I hear there has been prety plenty as an effect of the Warmenes of the season I had brought hither in Christmas a nest of Hedge Sparrow eggs & I have been credibly informed that about the same time there were young magpyes taken out of a nest at Gerstang in Craven This country at present is free from the small pox. I shall be glad to hear that the Box came to yu in good order I have nothing at all in Nat: History to put into it but if any thing of that kind come in any way you may be sure of an account of it with my hearty wishes for yr good health I am with all due respect
Your much obliged servant
Ric: Richardson
North Bierley
Feb: 15 1723/24
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]).
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Richard Richardson to Hans Sloane – November 4, 1721
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Date: November 4, 1721
Author: Richard Richardson
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4046
Folio: ff. 144-145
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[fol. 145]
Hon:d Sir
I deferred making my returne to your last obliging letter till I could give you some satisfactory account of the malignant Fevere which has been so fatall in this place which is now very much abated, not above three or fouer persons are dead of it since my last, & all of them old persons; it has of late appeared to be of the intermitting kind in some a regulare tertion & in others a double tertion when it showd it selfe of this kind I was in hopes that the Bark might have been of very great use, but upon repeated trials I found it did not answer my expectation without the addition of Alexapharmick & these alone were of more service; those yt perspired pretty freely recovered the best; one thing I generally observed that the sweat of these persons had an usuall suffocalinty smel, I was desired to visit a neighboure who was seized with a paralytic motion in his left side I found upon in: :quiry that this reaction was periodical & had returned about twelve o clock for three or fouer days swieffively, & continued about two houres in each pmaxyme; by the use of alexapharmaticks he is now recoverd, though the fits continued upon him about fourteen days. I was shown a poor man in Bradford by an Apothecarry there, who in his fitts had such indent motions in his leggs & armes that (dark) the bent of the skin from his leggs & ellbows, & was forced to (^) his lyed sown in his bed though at the same time he was perfectly sensible. I ordered him to be blushed in severall places & by the use of Alex: :apharmatick is in a prossessing was of recovery.
Woodcocks are come to as trip year sooner then usuall; perhaps you may not have them yet in the fourth in plenty, which makes me take the freedome to send you a pott of them on Wednesday last by Tho: Fenton a Bradford Carrier.
Fol. 145v
that they came to you safe & in good order wil be very velu[…] accounts to
Hon’d Sr
Ric: Richardson
North Bierley
Nov: 4th 1721
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]).
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Richard Richardson to Hans Sloane – November 4, 1721
Item info
Date: November 4, 1721
Author: Richard Richardson
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4046
Folio: ff. 144-145
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Transcription
[fol. 145]
Hon:d Sir
I deferred making my returne to your last obliging letter till I could give you some satisfactory account of the malignant Fevere which has been so fatall in this place which is now very much abated, not above three or fouer persons are dead of it since my last, & all of them old persons; it has of late appeared to be of the intermitting kind in some a regulare tertion & in others a double tertion when it showd it selfe of this kind I was in hopes that the Bark might have been of very great use, but upon repeated trials I found it did not answer my expectation without the addition of Alexapharmick & these alone were of more service; those yt perspired pretty freely recovered the best; one thing I generally observed that the sweat of these persons had an usuall suffocalinty smel, I was desired to visit a neighboure who was seized with a paralytic motion in his left side I found upon in: :quiry that this reaction was periodical & had returned about twelve o clock for three or fouer days swieffively, & continued about two houres in each pmaxyme; by the use of alexapharmaticks he is now recoverd, though the fits continued upon him about fourteen days. I was shown a poor man in Bradford by an Apothecarry there, who in his fitts had such indent motions in his leggs & armes that (dark) the bent of the skin from his leggs & ellbows, & was forced to (^) his lyed sown in his bed though at the same time he was perfectly sensible. I ordered him to be blushed in severall places & by the use of Alex: :apharmatick is in a prossessing was of recovery.
Woodcocks are come to as trip year sooner then usuall; perhaps you may not have them yet in the fourth in plenty, which makes me take the freedome to send you a pott of them on Wednesday last by Tho: Fenton a Bradford Carrier.
Fol. 145v
that they came to you safe & in good order wil be very velu[…] accounts to
Hon’d Sr
Ric: Richardson
North Bierley
Nov: 4th 1721
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]).
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James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos to Hans Sloane – December 4, 1721
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Date: December 4, 1721
Author: James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4046
Folio: ff. 152-153
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Brydges discusses the ‘African Company’ and its business ventures. Mr Hay is supposed to travel to Africa to look for opportunities. He is described as a ‘good Botanist’.
James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos (1674-1744) was a politician, patron of the arts, and, like Sloane, on the Board of Governors of the Foundling Hospital. (Joan Johnson, Brydges, James, first duke of Chandos (16741744), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Sept 2010 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/3806, accessed 30 Aug 2011]).
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James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos to Hans Sloane – December 7, 1721
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Date: December 7, 1721
Author: James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4046
Folio: f. 156
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Brydges informs Sloane of an expedition to Africa. Mr Lynn, ‘Secretary to the African Company’, is the bearer. He is to answer Sloane’s questions and explain ‘the Nature of Drugs, plants, and spices’ they might find there.
James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos (1674-1744) was a politician, patron of the arts, and, like Sloane, on the Board of Governors of the Foundling Hospital. (Joan Johnson, Brydges, James, first duke of Chandos (16741744), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Sept 2010 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/3806, accessed 30 Aug 2011]).
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Thomas Hearne to Hans Sloane – January 1, 1721/22
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Date: January 1, 1721/22
Author: Thomas Hearne
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4046
Folio: ff. 170-171
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Hearne thanks Sloane for answering his letter regarding Cowper’s manuscripts. He asks that Sloane ‘send it […] for a few Days’. Hearne wants to visit London to view its antiquities and commends himself and Sloane for having collections ‘of great service to Learning’.
Thomas Hearne (bap. 1678, d. 1735) was an antiquary and diarist. He began working at the Bodleian Library in 1701. A nonjuror, his refusal to take an oath of allegiance to King George I led to his dismissal from the Bodleian in 1716. Hearne published the works of several English chroniclers (Theodor Harmsen, Hearne, Thomas (bap. 1678, d. 1735), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/12827, accessed 2 June 2011]).
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Thomas Hearne to Hans Sloane – January 29, 1721/22
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Date: January 29, 1721/22
Author: Thomas Hearne
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4046
Folio: ff. 194-195
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[fol. 194] Honoured Sir, To morrow (being Jan 30.) I shall send you MS. entitled Museum Britannicum Historiale. It will come by Godfreys Waggon, at the Oxford Arms, Care paid. I most heartily thank you for lending it me. It is excellent, usefull Book. I wish I knew what other Historical and antiquarian MSS. you have. I am, Honed Sir, Your most obl. humble servant Tho. Hearne. Edm. Hall Jan. 29 1721[/22].
Thomas Hearne (bap. 1678, d. 1735) was an antiquary and diarist. He began working at the Bodleian Library in 1701. A nonjuror, his refusal to take an oath of allegiance to King George I led to his dismissal from the Bodleian in 1716. Hearne published the works of several English chroniclers (Theodor Harmsen, Hearne, Thomas (bap. 1678, d. 1735), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/12827, accessed 2 June 2011]).