Posted on April 25, 2017 by Amy Smith -
Johann Jakob Dillenius (1687-1747) practised medicine in Grünberg, Hesse and served as town doctor in Giessen. He was also a botanist and the first president of the Botanical Society (London). Dillenius was elected FRS in 1724 and served as foreign secretary of the Royal Society in 1728-1747.
Reference:
G. S. Boulger, ‘Dillenius, Johann Jakob (1687–1747)’, rev. D. J. Mabberley, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view /article/7648 [accessed 13 July 2015]).
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Posted on August 2, 2016 by -
Robert Sibbald to Hans Sloane – September 12, 1702
Item info
Date: September 12, 1702
Author: Robert Sibbald
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4039
Folio: ff. 26-27
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Transcription
Sibbald thanks Sloane and the Royal Society for the ‘Prodronius Danubianus’. The Royal Society’s interest in his observations regarding whales from a decade ago have inspired him to write more on the subject. When the work is complete he plans to dedicate it to the Royal Society.
Sibbald was a physician and a geographer. He was physician to James VII (Charles W. J. Withers, Sibbald, Sir Robert (16411722), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, May 2006 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/25496, accessed 19 June 2013]).
Posted on August 2, 2016 by -
Richard Richardson to Hans Sloane – August 22, 1702
Item info
Date: August 22, 1702
Author: Richard Richardson
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4039
Folio: f. 16
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Transcription
[fol. 16] Deare Sir/ Having made as good a collection of specimens of our northern plants as my occasions this yeare wil allowe of, I tooke the freedome to send you them by John Alkison a Branford carrier who wil safly brnig them to you along with them you wil finde a bundle directed for Mr Buddle of which I have given him notice you wil fnide in your bundle some of the stones I formerly gave you an account of having nothing else at present by me worth sending But I can not omitt relating to you the case of a certaine Lady of this Country; who benig about fower months gon with child fel into the pains of Laboure the having had several times before the misfortune to miscary was apprehensive of the wel went she was let blood twice benig of a plethorick constitution & astruigeul & Anodine medicins prescribed & what else might be thought convi[…] for her, but they did not answer the designd end for about three days after the first invasion of her paine she miscaryed, I not then being with her the Abortion was preservd in water till I came, which was some houres after, upon the first appearance I tooke it to be a Mola it was of an oval figure, & about the size of a Hens egg but being desirouse to open it I tooke it out of the water & pressing upon it with my finger it seemd to be harder than any thing I could ecpect of that kind, having cut it open not without some difficulty, I found in it a small quantity of
pellucid water & an embrio as wel formd as could be expected for that time the membrane that invested it was single & of a darke red coloure without & white within& perfectly Cartalayinvouse very much resembling the hind part of the brest of a young fowle but harder & as thick. This I opened in the (pre)sence of Francis Lnidley Esqr my nerighboure whose relation it was that bore it (covered) the delivery her genre something ebated but was still very uneasy, the morning after she parted with a Cishs something larger then the first of the same forme & hardness but larger & open at one end. The Lady is now very wel it being about five weeks since this happened; it was never my fortune before to meeyt with the membrane investing the fetus Cartalayinvouse nor have I ever in any Author met with any parallel case this being to me tre Irigulare (though perhaps otherwise to you) that I though it would be a crime in me not to communicate it to a person of your learning & curiosity & hope you wil pardon my freedome in
Worthy Sir
your very much obliged servant
Ric: Richardson
North Bierly Aug: 22 702
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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Name: N/A Unnamed (Woman)
Gender:
Age:A fetus, 7 months old.
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Description
The fetus was preserved in water for Richardson. When he first saw it, he thought it was a mola. It was oval and much harder than he expected when pressed with a finger. He cut the outside membrane open with some difficulty, finding inside pellucid water and an embryo as well-formed as expected at this stage. The membrane surrounding the baby was red on the outside, and white within. It was cartiligious in structure.
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
Ongoing Treatment:
Response:
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Childbirth, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Childbirth
Posted on August 2, 2016 by -
Richard Richardson to Hans Sloane – August 22, 1702
Item info
Date: August 22, 1702
Author: Richard Richardson
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4039
Folio: f. 16
Original Page
Transcription
[fol. 16] Deare Sir/ Having made as good a collection of specimens of our northern plants as my occasions this yeare wil allowe of, I tooke the freedome to send you them by John Alkison a Branford carrier who wil safly brnig them to you along with them you wil finde a bundle directed for Mr Buddle of which I have given him notice you wil fnide in your bundle some of the stones I formerly gave you an account of having nothing else at present by me worth sending But I can not omitt relating to you the case of a certaine Lady of this Country; who benig about fower months gon with child fel into the pains of Laboure the having had several times before the misfortune to miscary was apprehensive of the wel went she was let blood twice benig of a plethorick constitution & astruigeul & Anodine medicins prescribed & what else might be thought convi[…] for her, but they did not answer the designd end for about three days after the first invasion of her paine she miscaryed, I not then being with her the Abortion was preservd in water till I came, which was some houres after, upon the first appearance I tooke it to be a Mola it was of an oval figure, & about the size of a Hens egg but being desirouse to open it I tooke it out of the water & pressing upon it with my finger it seemd to be harder than any thing I could ecpect of that kind, having cut it open not without some difficulty, I found in it a small quantity of
pellucid water & an embrio as wel formd as could be expected for that time the membrane that invested it was single & of a darke red coloure without & white within& perfectly Cartalayinvouse very much resembling the hind part of the brest of a young fowle but harder & as thick. This I opened in the (pre)sence of Francis Lnidley Esqr my nerighboure whose relation it was that bore it (covered) the delivery her genre something ebated but was still very uneasy, the morning after she parted with a Cishs something larger then the first of the same forme & hardness but larger & open at one end. The Lady is now very wel it being about five weeks since this happened; it was never my fortune before to meeyt with the membrane investing the fetus Cartalayinvouse nor have I ever in any Author met with any parallel case this being to me tre Irigulare (though perhaps otherwise to you) that I though it would be a crime in me not to communicate it to a person of your learning & curiosity & hope you wil pardon my freedome in
Worthy Sir
your very much obliged servant
Ric: Richardson
North Bierly Aug: 22 702
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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Patient info
Name: N/A Unnamed Baby
Gender:
Age:
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Description
7 months pregnant; as a 'plethorick constitution'; had miscarried several times before.
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Diagnosis
Fell into pains of labour for three days before miscarrying the fetus. The next morning, she parted with second, similar but larger, fetus.
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Treatment
Previous Treatment: She was bled twice.
Ongoing Treatment:
Response:
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Childbirth, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Childbirth
Posted on August 2, 2016 by -
Richard Richardson to Hans Sloane – August 22, 1702
Item info
Date: August 22, 1702
Author: Richard Richardson
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4039
Folio: f. 16
Original Page
Transcription
[fol. 16] Deare Sir/ Having made as good a collection of specimens of our northern plants as my occasions this yeare wil allowe of, I tooke the freedome to send you them by John Alkison a Branford carrier who wil safly brnig them to you along with them you wil finde a bundle directed for Mr Buddle of which I have given him notice you wil fnide in your bundle some of the stones I formerly gave you an account of having nothing else at present by me worth sending But I can not omitt relating to you the case of a certaine Lady of this Country; who benig about fower months gon with child fel into the pains of Laboure the having had several times before the misfortune to miscary was apprehensive of the wel went she was let blood twice benig of a plethorick constitution & astruigeul & Anodine medicins prescribed & what else might be thought convi[…] for her, but they did not answer the designd end for about three days after the first invasion of her paine she miscaryed, I not then being with her the Abortion was preservd in water till I came, which was some houres after, upon the first appearance I tooke it to be a Mola it was of an oval figure, & about the size of a Hens egg but being desirouse to open it I tooke it out of the water & pressing upon it with my finger it seemd to be harder than any thing I could ecpect of that kind, having cut it open not without some difficulty, I found in it a small quantity of
pellucid water & an embrio as wel formd as could be expected for that time the membrane that invested it was single & of a darke red coloure without & white within& perfectly Cartalayinvouse very much resembling the hind part of the brest of a young fowle but harder & as thick. This I opened in the (pre)sence of Francis Lnidley Esqr my nerighboure whose relation it was that bore it (covered) the delivery her genre something ebated but was still very uneasy, the morning after she parted with a Cishs something larger then the first of the same forme & hardness but larger & open at one end. The Lady is now very wel it being about five weeks since this happened; it was never my fortune before to meeyt with the membrane investing the fetus Cartalayinvouse nor have I ever in any Author met with any parallel case this being to me tre Irigulare (though perhaps otherwise to you) that I though it would be a crime in me not to communicate it to a person of your learning & curiosity & hope you wil pardon my freedome in
Worthy Sir
your very much obliged servant
Ric: Richardson
North Bierly Aug: 22 702
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 Baby
Gender:
Age:A fetus, 7 months old.
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Description
The fetus was preserved in water for Richardson. When he first saw it, he thought it was a mola. It was oval and much harder than he expected when pressed with a finger. He cut the outside membrane open with some difficulty, finding inside pellucid water and an embryo as well-formed as expected at this stage. The membrane surrounding the baby was red on the outside, and white within. It was cartiligious in structure.
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Diagnosis
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
Ongoing Treatment:
Response:
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Childbirth, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Childbirth
Posted on August 2, 2016 by -
Richard Richardson to Hans Sloane – August 22, 1702
Item info
Date: August 22, 1702
Author: Richard Richardson
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4039
Folio: f. 16
Original Page
Transcription
[fol. 16] Deare Sir/ Having made as good a collection of specimens of our northern plants as my occasions this yeare wil allowe of, I tooke the freedome to send you them by John Alkison a Branford carrier who wil safly brnig them to you along with them you wil finde a bundle directed for Mr Buddle of which I have given him notice you wil fnide in your bundle some of the stones I formerly gave you an account of having nothing else at present by me worth sending But I can not omitt relating to you the case of a certaine Lady of this Country; who benig about fower months gon with child fel into the pains of Laboure the having had several times before the misfortune to miscary was apprehensive of the wel went she was let blood twice benig of a plethorick constitution & astruigeul & Anodine medicins prescribed & what else might be thought convi[…] for her, but they did not answer the designd end for about three days after the first invasion of her paine she miscaryed, I not then being with her the Abortion was preservd in water till I came, which was some houres after, upon the first appearance I tooke it to be a Mola it was of an oval figure, & about the size of a Hens egg but being desirouse to open it I tooke it out of the water & pressing upon it with my finger it seemd to be harder than any thing I could ecpect of that kind, having cut it open not without some difficulty, I found in it a small quantity of
pellucid water & an embrio as wel formd as could be expected for that time the membrane that invested it was single & of a darke red coloure without & white within& perfectly Cartalayinvouse very much resembling the hind part of the brest of a young fowle but harder & as thick. This I opened in the (pre)sence of Francis Lnidley Esqr my nerighboure whose relation it was that bore it (covered) the delivery her genre something ebated but was still very uneasy, the morning after she parted with a Cishs something larger then the first of the same forme & hardness but larger & open at one end. The Lady is now very wel it being about five weeks since this happened; it was never my fortune before to meeyt with the membrane investing the fetus Cartalayinvouse nor have I ever in any Author met with any parallel case this being to me tre Irigulare (though perhaps otherwise to you) that I though it would be a crime in me not to communicate it to a person of your learning & curiosity & hope you wil pardon my freedome in
Worthy Sir
your very much obliged servant
Ric: Richardson
North Bierly Aug: 22 702
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 (Woman)
Gender:
Age:
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Description
7 months pregnant; as a 'plethorick constitution'; had miscarried several times before.
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Diagnosis
Fell into pains of labour for three days before miscarrying the fetus. The next morning, she parted with second, similar but larger, fetus.
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Treatment
Previous Treatment: She was bled twice.
Ongoing Treatment:
Response:
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Childbirth, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Childbirth
Posted on August 2, 2016 by -
Richard Middleton Massey to Hans Sloane – May 5, 1708
Item info
Date: May 5, 1708
Author: Richard Middleton Massey
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: ff. 134-135
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Collections, Legal, Material Culture, Patronage, Scholarship, Trade or Commodities
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Subjects
Books, Coins, Education, Estate, Jamaica, Medicine, Natural History, Numismatics, Recommendations
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Date (as written)
May 5, 1708
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Wisbech
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Others mentioned
Mr Massey
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Patients mentioned
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[fol. 134] Wisbech. May 5. 1708. Hon’ed Sr I have sent the Posture Master by my brother I order’d he shoud Call at yr house some day between one & two in the Afternoon & beg you woud doe him the favour to lett him have a glance at yr study &c, perhaps it may open his Ey’s, he is heir to a good Estate & has been educated some few years at Cambridge & is now goeing to turn Marchant, in his way of Trade he may have an opportunity some time of other, of meeting with something worth notice Pray good Sr. send word what an Olivers Crown piece is worth or if you can dispose of one. If I procure it, tis very fresh. Ime told its worth 50s or 3 ll. On one side is: OLIVAR.D.G.R.P.ANG.SCO.HIB&PPO. on the other the Arms with a Crown of PAX QVAERITVRBELLO 1658. on ye outward verge *HAS.NISI.PERITVRVS.MIHI.ADIMAT.NEMO. Pray Sr Dont forget the History of Jamaico & the lumber in yr Garrets, the next letter I send you shall have a Catalogue of my Physic book If there should happen to be any old book wch you want to make yr own compleat you may always comand yr most obliged humble serv’t RM Massey
Richard Middleton Massey (1678-1743) attended Brasenose College, Oxford but left before obtaining a degree. In 1706 he was admitted Extra-Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians and settled in Wisbech where he practiced medicine. Massey was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1712. He compiled the catalogue of the library of the Royal College of Physicians in 1727 (http://munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk/Biography/Details/2969).
Posted on April 25, 2017 by Amy Smith -
William Capell (1697-1743) was the 3rd Earl of Essex.
Reference:
‘William Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex M, #106718, b. 1697, d. 8 January 1743’, The Peerage, (2011, http://www.thepeerage.com/p10672.htm#i106718 [accessed 23 June 2015]).
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Posted on August 2, 2016 by -
Étienne François Geoffroy to Hans Sloane – January 20, 1706
Item info
Date: January 20, 1706
Author: Étienne François Geoffroy
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: ff. 114-115
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Language
French
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Collections, Library, Medical, Philosophical Transactions, Scholarship, Scientific
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Subjects
Academie des sciences, Anatomy, Books, Chemistry, Experiments, Intellectual Disputes, Iron, Memoires de l'Academie, Pharmacy, Purgatives
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Date (as written)
January 20, 1706
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
a Paris
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Others mentioned
Jan de Fontaney Morcier Duverney William Cockburn Paul Bussiere M. Moivre
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Patients mentioned
Mathieu François Geoffroy
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Transcription
Geoffroy received the books that Sloane sent him since the beginning of the war. He sends Sloane the Memoires de l’académie for the last several years. He mentions a number of debates among the member of the French Academie des sciences regarding the use of purgatives, the anatomy of the foetal heart, and the debate between de Moivre and Cheyne. Geoffroy has proposed a chemistry problem to the scientific community and tells of the experiments he has done that lead him to study iron in the ashes of various combustibles. He describes an experiment regarding the combustion of ethanol. He thanks Sloane for sending him editions of Philosophical Transactions. He was particularly impressed with Dr Cockburn’s discussion of purgation.
Etienne Francois Geoffroy (1672-1731) was an apothecary and physician who studied at Montpellier, like Sloane, and worked at the Jardin du Roi and College Royal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etienne_Francois_Geoffroy).
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Name: N/A Mathieu François Geoffroy
Gender:
Age:63
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Description
Geoffroy's father, Mathieu-Francois, has been suffering from dropsy for three years. He has a good appetite, good digestion, sleeps well, and has no tumour in the liver or spleen. He produces very little urine. The urine he does produce is thick and contains a red sediment.
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Diagnosis
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Treatment
Previous Treatment: A variety of treatments were been tried for the dropsy as well as a number of diuretics for the urinary problems.
Ongoing Treatment: For the dropsy he is drained every six weeks for a total of nine times to date. The first time, 36 pounds of water were drained and since then usually 24-26 pounds are drained. The water is transparent, a bit yellow, and thickens when heated.
Response: The diuretics tried thus far have not had the desired effect and only heat the patient as well as sometimes causing him to spit blood. The operations have helped, but he urinates infrequently and there is a red sediment in it.
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Medical problem reference
Kidney, Urinary, Hydropsy
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William Sherard to Hans Sloane – March 24, 1701
Item info
Date: March 24, 1701
Author: William Sherard
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: ff. 146-147
Original Page
Transcription
Sherard asks for a catalogue of Royal Society members. He discusses his work with John Ray. Dr Hotton’s book is being published in Holland. Sherard informs Sloane that in Signor del Papa’s publication Signor Ignatio should be credited as Mr Higgeford, a watchmaker. The former is a mistake.
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]).
