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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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Hugh Speke to Hans Sloane – March 5, 1718/19
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Date: March 5, 1718/19
Author: Hugh Speke
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4045
Folio: ff. 194-195
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Speke informs Sloane of Dr Llwellyn’s attempts to visit him in London. Llwellyn went to Sloane’s home and the Grecian Coffeehouse, but to no avail. He wants to show Sloane the ‘unfinished manuscript of the late Dr Collins’.
Hugh Speke (born ca. 1656, d. 1724) was the son of an MP. He was an anti-papist and Whig agitator who sided with William and Mary during the Glorious Revolution (Melinda Zook, Speke, Hugh (1656c.1724), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2009 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/26100, accessed 15 Aug 2011]).
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William Musgrave Sr. to Hans Sloane – August 3, 1712
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Date: August 3, 1712
Author: William Musgrave Sr.
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4043
Folio: ff. 171-172
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Musgrave describes his engravings of Roman eagles in detail. He plans on making prints of them.
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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Mary Astell to Hans Sloane – July 2, 1720
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Date: July 2, 1720
Author: Mary Astell
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4045
Folio: ff. 336-337
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Astell reminds Sloane that she once viewed his ‘valuable Collections’. Mr Green told her that Sloane renewed his support of the ‘Charity School at Chelsea’. The school building has been ‘mov’d […] up Mr Green’s ground’, causing problems. Astell asks for Sloane’s advice regarding the situation as the ‘season is pretty far advanc’d’.
Mary Astell started a charity school for the daughters of pensioners in the Royal Hospital in Chelsea, for which she found a suitable site, raised funds, and planned the curriculum (Ruth Perry, Astell, Mary (16661731), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2009 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/814, accessed 18 Aug 2011]).
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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]).
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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]).
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John Purcell to Hans Sloane – November 28, 1720
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Date: November 28, 1720
Author: John Purcell
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4046
Folio: ff. 45-46
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Purcell had intended to write his examination at the College ‘in Sept: last’, but was ‘prevented by unforseen Accidents’. Dr Plumbtree told him that he should write the exam ‘before the new Censors who were soon to be chose’.
Purcell studied medicine at the University of Montpellier where he was a student of Pierre Chirac, a correspondent of Sloane’s. He published a ‘A Treatise of the Cholick’ in 1714 and was admitted a member of the Royal College of Physicians, London in 1730 (Norman Moore, Purcell, John (c.16741730), rev. Patrick Wallis, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/22895, accessed 17 June 2011]).
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The previous November, while on his way from Bath to London to write an exam, Purcell's 'chariot unfortunately' overturned and 'the Glass cut the inside of [his] left Rist to the very bone'. His hand became swollen 'and [had] been laid upon in 6 or 7 places'. He now experiences anxiety whenever he rides in his chariot.
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Salusbury Cade to Hans Sloane – November 8, 1720
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Date: November 8, 1720
Author: Salusbury Cade
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4046
Folio: ff. 40-41
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Cade asks Sloane to defer his visit ’til Wedensday the 18th’ because he is too sick to entertain.
Salusbury Cade (c. 1660-1720) was a physician. He worked in the Old Bailey (Norman Moore, ‘Cade, Salusbury (c.1660–1720)’, rev. Patrick Wallis, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/4295, accessed 11 July 2014]).
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Thomas Hearne to Hans Sloane – October 4, 1720
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Date: October 4, 1720
Author: Thomas Hearne
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4046
Folio: ff. 30-31
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Hearne informs Sloane that he must pay for the ‘Textus Ressensis’ and a book by Robert of Avebury.
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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William Derham to Hans Sloane – January 1, 1730/31
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Date: January 1, 1730/31
Author: William Derham
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4051
Folio: ff. 162-163
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Fol. 163
Hond Sr Upminster Jan 1 1730[/31]
I beg the favr of your advice
upon the case of my Wife, who is afflicted
wth an acute pain in one of her arms
both night & night, especially all night
that it breaks her rest, wch we ascribe
in some measure to an old Pleurisy
wch we consulted you for about 20
years agoe, wch left a straightness
constriction & pain about the shoulder
part of the neck wch in the Thorax; and
last year at Bath, a violent agitation
of those parts by a severe Cough, & about
5 or 6 weeks agoe another excited a
return of those Pains in a severe man
ner, wch affect the whole Arm very much
but wthout any Fever, your advice what
we shall do in this case will be a great
addition to your other favours.
Writing in the dark, I did not see the defect of my
Paper, & I have not time to write it over again; wch I
hope you will excuse. I have by me some modern
Journals of Seamen, pretty good, wch I will impart
to the R.S. if such will be acceptable. And I hope to
send you some good accts from the Heavns, having just
rigged up my 8 foot Reflecter wch Mr Molyneaux growed
With my hearty Wished of many prosperous and
happy New-years, I am wth greatest respect
Your most obliged humble
servt
Wm Derham
Derham was a Church of England clergyman and a natural philosopher, interested in nature, mathematics, and philosophy. He frequently requested medical advice from Sloane, and likely served as a physician to his family and parishioners (Marja Smolenaars, Derham, William (16571735), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/7528, accessed 7 June 2011]).