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James Keill to Hans Sloane – February 7, 1718/19
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Date: February 7, 1718/19
Author: James Keill
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4045
Folio: ff. 190-191
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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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John King to Hans Sloane – November 17, 1718
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Date: November 17, 1718
Author: John King
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4045
Folio: ff. 168-169
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King asks for Sloane’s help in finding work for his ‘Eldest Daughter, just turned of 18’. She understands and can read French and knows a little German. He does not want her to work below her station, but desperately wants her to find something. He laments that ‘It is many good Gentlemen’s ill fate to be reduced in the World’.
King was a Church of England clergyman, who married William Durham’s daughter Ann. When she passed away he married Elizabeth Aris, with whom he had six children. His son, also named John King, became a classical scholar (W. P. Courtney, King, John (16521732), rev. Leonard W. Cowie, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2009 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/15575, accessed 15 Aug 2011]).
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Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough to Hans Sloane – September 28, 1718
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Date: September 28, 1718
Author: Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4045
Folio: ff. 150-151
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Sarah confesses that Sloane was right in predicting what would happen to the ‘Dutches of Newcastle’.
Sarah Churchill (nee Jenyns) married John Churchill in during the winter of 16778. She was a close friend and confidante of Queen Anne. Her influence waned with the accession of George I to the throne (James Falkner, Churchill , Sarah, duchess of Marlborough (16601744), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/5405, accessed 12 Aug 2011]).
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Samuel Dale to Hans Sloane – September 23, 1718
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Date: September 23, 1718
Author: Samuel Dale
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4045
Folio: ff. 148-149
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Dale asks for ‘Mr Buddles Plants and Manuscripts’, as Sloane promised to lend them to him but has not followed through. He asks if he may purchase duplicate copies of books from Petiver’s collection, which Sloane had bought.
Samuel Dale was an apothecary, botanist, and physician who contributed several articles to the Philosophical Transactions. He was John Ray’s executor and good friend, and from Dale’s letters to Sloane we learn many details of Ray’s final moments (G. S. Boulger, Dale, Samuel (bap. 1659, d. 1739), rev. Juanita Burnby, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/7016, accessed 5 July 2013]).
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Tancred Robinson to Hans Sloane – July 19, 1701
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Date: July 19, 1701
Author: Tancred Robinson
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: f. 192
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[fol. 192] Norfolk Street July 19-1701 If nothing calls you out on[…] -day morning I propose to myself [the] happiness of kissing your hand at[…] Cross in Alders-gate Street between [9] and 10 a clock for one hour, which I shall value as one of the most precious portions of my life, being Sr Yours Tancred Robinson
Robinson was a naturalist, physician, and fellow of the Royal College of Physicians from 1685. He was appointed physician-in-ordinary to King George I 1714 (G. S. Boulger, Robinson, Sir Tancred (1657/81748), rev. Kaye Bagshaw, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2010 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/23873, accessed 26 June 2013]).
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Edmund King to Hans Sloane – August 6, 1701
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Date: August 6, 1701
Author: Edmund King
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: ff. 207-208
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Sir Edmund King (bap. 1630, d. 1709) was a physician and surgeon. He published some of his research in the Philosophical Transactions (Robert L. Martensen, ‘King , Sir Edmund (bap. 1630, d. 1709)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/15557, accessed 3 July 2014]).
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John Woodward to Hans Sloane – September 3, 1718
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Date: September 3, 1718
Author: John Woodward
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4045
Folio: ff. 145-146
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Scheuchzer is expecting a letter from Sloane. Woodward reminds Sloane of a box of ‘Things’ Breyne sent to them some years before. ‘Mr. Hen. Walters, Land Surveyor’ has purchased some of the items from Breyne’s box.
Woodward was a physician, natural historian and antiquary who expounded a theory of the earth in which fossils were creatures destroyed by the biblical flood. This embroiled him in a controversy in which he was opposed by John Ray, Edward Llwyd, Martin Lister, and Tancred Robinson (J. M. Levine, Woodward, John (1665/16681728), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/29946, accessed 17 June 2011]).
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James Keill to Hans Sloane – July 27, 1718
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Date: July 27, 1718
Author: James Keill
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4043
Folio: f. 134
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[fol. 134]
Sir
I promised Mrs Isted to write to you last post, but having been called from home, was not able to perform my promise. I have heard nothing from Mr Isted since Wednesday last, Which makes me conclude he is well. He was at first seized with an Inflammation and swelling in the root of his mouth all round the Uvula but by bleeding, purging and blistering it went off. He had a fever with it, but it was purely symptomatick. Three or four days after, he fell into a most violent Itching, and his skin was filled with an Writication, which took away both his Stomach and rest, but when hear last, he was much better and I hope is now well. I am Sir
your most humble servt.
James Keill
Northton
July 27
1718
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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Name: N/A Thomas Isted
Gender:
Age:
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Description
Isted is having oral health problems, particularly around the uvula. Fever.
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Treatment
Previous Treatment: Bled and purged.
Ongoing Treatment:
Response: His skin became irritated with itchiness, he lost sleep, and his stomach began acting up.
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Medical problem reference
Inflammations, Skin ailments, Stomach, Insomnia, Mouth, Fevers
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Charles Preston to Hans Sloane – March 7, 1697/8
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Date: March 7, 1697/8
Author: Charles Preston
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 33-34
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Preston has sent Sloane an account of a rock by one Mr Clook along with a figure depicting it. He wants Sloane to forward a letter with packet. One Dr Oswald had recently arrived in Edniburgh.
Preston was a physician and botanist who established a lengthy correspondence with Sloane, exchanging plants, seeds, books and information. His main interest was in botany, and was well-known by his contemporaries for his botanical knowledge (Anita Guerrini, Preston, Charles (16601711), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/47084, accessed 18 June 2013]).
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William Musgrave Sr. to Hans Sloane – July 25, 1718
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Date: July 25, 1718
Author: William Musgrave Sr.
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4045
Folio: ff. 132-133
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Musgrave is writing a book titled ‘Belgius Britannico’ and needs ‘the Glastum Mela et Pliny’ to help him explain the ‘Color Belgius of Propertius’. He requests a plant description from a book. If Sloane helps him he will gift a copy of his work to the Royal Society. He plans on dedicating the work to His Royal Highness, George I.
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]).