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William Musgrave Sr. to Hans Sloane – August 6, 1706
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Date: August 6, 1706
Author: William Musgrave Sr.
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: ff. 199-200
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Mr Reynolds, an expert on old geography, is publishing 30 maps. Musgrave encloses one such map and asks whether Sloane or any of his friends want to contribute from their collections. He thanks Sloane for the 3 books he procured for him. His ‘Nephew will pay ye Bookseller.’
William Musgrave, Senior was a physician, antiquary, and Fellow of the Royal Society. He acted as second secretary to the Royal Society and edited several volumes of the Philosophical Transactions (Alick Cameron, Musgrave, William (16551721), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/19668, accessed 8 July 2013]).
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Richard Richardson to Hans Sloane – July 5, 1706
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Date: July 5, 1706
Author: Richard Richardson
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: ff. 189-190
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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: Sir John Kaye
Gender:
Age:67 years old.
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Description
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Diagnosis
Asthma; hands swelling; sore throat and mouth.
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
Ongoing Treatment: Taking sulfur twice a day with wine; julep and syrup of 'blackmoor'; purging; blistering.
Response: The sulfur has given him 4 or 5 stools a day, but his stomach is very uneasy from it. Since taking it he now spits as much as if he had taken mercury, but without any of the easiness to his mouth or throat. By all appearances, he 'cannot continue long.'
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Swelling, Asthma, Throat, Stomach, Pain
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John Morton to Hans Sloane – June 22, 1706
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Date: June 22, 1706
Author: John Morton
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: ff. 183-184
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Morton relays a detailed account of shells in Northamptonshire for publication in the Philosophical Transactions.
John Morton was a naturalist who was in correspondence with Sloane from roughly 1703 to 1716. Morton contributed nearly one thousand specimens (fossils, shells, bones, teeth, minerals, rocks, man-made artifacts, etc.) to Sloane’s collection (Yolanda Foote, Morton, John (16711726), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2010 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/19364, accessed 2 July 2013]).
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James Keill to Hans Sloane – June 4, 1706
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Date: June 4, 1706
Author: James Keill
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: ff. 172-173
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Keill apologizes for not visiting during his stay in London. He left a paper with Dr Cockburn.
Keill did not formally attend medical school, but through the patronage of Sloane he obtained the degree of MD from Cambridge. Sloane helped Keill enter into medical practice in Northampton (Anita Guerrini, Keill, James (16731719), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/15255, accessed 2 June 2011]).
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Charles Johnson to Hans Sloane – May 22, 1706
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Date: May 22, 1706
Author: Charles Johnson
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: ff. 167-168
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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: Sir John Kaye
Gender:
Age:67 years old.
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Description
Kaye has always suffered from asthma to some degree.
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Diagnosis
Asthma, especially during the winter; legs swollen; appetite failing; cough; scrotum swollen and hard; trouble making water.
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Treatment
Previous Treatment: Pectorals to manage his asthma.
Ongoing Treatment: Pectorals, stomachicks, calibiats, emeticks, catharticks, and diureticks are being applied. Rollers are being employed on his legs.
Response: None of the treatments have 'answered expectations.'
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Coughs, Urinary, Failing appetite, Asthma, Swelling
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Patrick Blair to Hans Sloane – November 22, 1705
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Date: November 22, 1705
Author: Patrick Blair
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: f. 92
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Blair sends the sheets he mentioned previously. He thanks Sloane for his favours. Blair may organize his ‘dispensatory plants’ according to Tournefort’s method.
Patrick Blair was a botanist and surgeon whose papers were published in the Transactions. In 1715 Blair joined the Jacobite rebellion as a battle surgeon but was captured and condemned to death. He was visited by Sloane in prison in the hopes the latter might secure a pardon. Sloane was successful and the pardon arrived shortly before Blair’s scheduled execution (Anita Guerrini, Blair, Patrick (c.16801728), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/2568, accessed 31 May 2011]).
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Thomas Molyneux to Hans Sloane – May 10, 1706
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Date: May 10, 1706
Author: Thomas Molyneux
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: ff. 164-165
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Molyneux thanks Sloane for continuing to send the Philosophical Transactions. He wishes he could contribute, but has had little time for natural inquiry since his brother’s death. Molyneux encloses a remarkable account of an Irish cavern for the Philosophical Transactions, written by George Barkley.
Thomas Molyneux was a physician and natural philosopher who corresponded with Sloane, Edward Lhuyd, and John Locke (J. B. Lyons, Molyneux, Sir Thomas, first baronet (16611733), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Sept 2010 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/18927, accessed 4 July 2011]).
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Paul Chamberlen to Hans Sloane – May 10, 1706
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Date: May 10, 1706
Author: Paul Chamberlen
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: ff. 162-163
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Chamberlen recommends the bearer, Miss Bizzel, who he has ‘known several years to be skilled in her Profession’.
Paul Chamberlen was a quack doctor best known for the ‘anodyne necklace’ he sold to ease pain in childbirth. He had several high profile patrons including the Duchess of Hamilton (Helen King, Chamberlen family (per. c.1600c.1730), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/58754, accessed 27 June 2013]).
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Ralph Thoresby to Hans Sloane – May 1, 1701
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Date: May 1, 1701
Author: Ralph Thoresby
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: ff. 156-157
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Thoresby was at Thomas Kirke’s funeral. He is glad his letter reached Sloane, but has not received the Philosophical Transactions he requested.
Thoresby was an antiquary and topographer. He expanded his fathers Musaeum Thoresbyanum impressively, and his collection brought him into discussion with many important political and scholarly figures (P. E. Kell, Thoresby, Ralph (16581725), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2006 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/27334, accessed 27 June 2013]).
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William Musgrave Sr. to Hans Sloane – February 23, 1705/06
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Date: February 23, 1705/06
Author: William Musgrave Sr.
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: ff. 135-136
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Musgrave asks where he can buy books.
William Musgrave, Senior was a physician, antiquary, and Fellow of the Royal Society. He acted as second secretary to the Royal Society and edited several volumes of the Philosophical Transactions (Alick Cameron, Musgrave, William (16551721), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/19668, accessed 8 July 2013]).
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Name: N/A Unnamed
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Description
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Diagnosis
Jaundice and fevers for months; pain in and around the stomach; white stools. When the stone was expelled the jaundice cleared up. Musgrave posits that jaundice is usually harder to cure, so the stone must have been the reason for the illness.
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Jaundice, Stone, Fevers, Pain