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William Musgrave Sr. to Hans Sloane – July 28, 1713
Item info
Date: July 28, 1713
Author: William Musgrave Sr.
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4043
Folio: ff. 166-167
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Collections, Material Culture, Philosophical Transactions, Royal Society, Scholarship
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Subjects
Busts, Engravings, Publishing, Roman Antiquities, Statuary
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Date (as written)
July 28, 1713
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Exon.
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Others mentioned
Mr Cuper
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Patients mentioned
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Musgrave plans on printing engravings of Roman eagles. He would like Sloane’s opinion on the matter. The ‘Bust’ Sloane mentioned piqued Musgrave’s interest.
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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William Derham to Hans Sloane – August 3, 1709
Item info
Date: August 3, 1709
Author: William Derham
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042
Folio: ff. 24-25
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[fol. 25]
Sr Upmr Aug 3 1709
I have been informed yt ye late great Frost
had not those ill effects in Scotland, & the
North of England, yt it had wth us. If you have
recd any informations from thence, or can get
any, I beg the favr of your imparting them to
me, yt I may insert them into the account
I am now drawing up of yt matter for the
Societies use. I have not time to add more
The Postman staying, but yt I am
Sr
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 11 May 2011]).
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Ralph Thoresby to Hans Sloane – December 23, 1709
Item info
Date: December 23, 1709
Author: Ralph Thoresby
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042
Folio: f. 77
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Thoresby asks whether the antiquities he sent have arrived. He requests that Sloane write a letter of recommendation for his nephew, Rayner, who would like to replace a surgeon that died on a plantation in Jamaica.
Ralph Thoresby wrote “The Topography of Leedes” in 1715 and was interested in the topography of Yorkshire in general. He maintained a large collection of antiquities and other curiosities at his Musaeum Thoresbyanum in Leeds (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 25 May 2011]).
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James Yonge to Hans Sloane – December 16, 1709
Item info
Date: December 16, 1709
Author: James Yonge
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042
Folio: ff. 75-76
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Yonge asks Sloane to revise his paper and gives him permission to publish it. He thanks Gresham College for its help.
James Yonge was a surgeon and physician of Plymouth with experience as a ship’s surgeon. He was a prominent citizen in his native Plymouth and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and member of the Royal College of Physicians in 1702 (Ian Lyle, Yonge, James (16471721), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/30225, accessed 25 May 2011]).
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James Sherard to Hans Sloane – November 8, 1709
Item info
Date: November 8, 1709
Author: James Sherard
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042
Folio: f. 65
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[fol. 65] Sr My Brother Consil Sherard desires me to send some books to Mr Stuart in Jamaica amongst which are Hermanni Parad. Balavus, & Hernandez both which he says you will furnish me with, I have now an opportunity of sending them to Jamaica, there-fore beg you’l please to let me have them at your first leisure. I am SR your most obliged serv’t James Sherard Novemb’r 8 1709 Mr Stuart desires also your History of Jamaica if finished, I am directed to get the [?] first vol of Mr Ray’s Histor plant. at mr Batemans but he cant furnish me with them I hope if you have any further occasion for Mr Rays last volume you’l please to remeber th[…] I have to dispose of for my Brother.
James Sherard (1666-1738) apprenticed as an apothecary to Charles Watts. He practiced as an apothecary in Mark Lane, London and retired in 1720. Sherard was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1706. In his retirement he pursued the collection of rare plants and became a well known botanist, though not as well known as his brother William Sherard (FRS 1720). James Sherard spent the 1720s travelling and collecting specimens by 1730 was managing the Chelsea Gardens. (W. W. Webb, ‘Sherard, James (1666–1738)’, rev. Scott Mandelbrote, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Sept 2013 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/25354, accessed 16 June 2015]).
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William Musgrave Sr. to Hans Sloane – November 3, 1709
Item info
Date: November 3, 1709
Author: William Musgrave Sr.
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042
Folio: ff. 63-64
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Musgrave assures Sloane that the book he lent will be returned by winter or Lent at the latest. He is delayed because his nephew is reading it.
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]).
Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: Mrs. Lucy L.
Gender:
Age:She is 'about Twenty'.
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Description
Lucy suffers from excessive vomiting, often with blood in it, a growth in the breast, and problems with her throat. Her vomiting is often accompanied by coughing.
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Diagnosis
Musgrave notes that 'it appeard That the stomach suffered from foul acid matter lodgd in it'. The frequency of blood in the vomit leads him to keep his distance from her. 'Bloody Matter washt her stomach' and she appears to benefit from it, or at least is not harmed by it.
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Treatment
Previous Treatment: Her breast appears to have been cut, which led to a loss of blood. Her vomit contains a 'red fleshy substance' of about '3 or 4 ounces'.
Ongoing Treatment:
Response: Musgrave wants to know what Sloane thinks should be done with the young woman.
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Stomach, Throat, Coughs, Cancer, Breasts, Blood, Vomiting
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James Yonge to Hans Sloane – October 1, 1709
Item info
Date: October 1, 1709
Author: James Yonge
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042
Folio: ff. 61-62
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Yonge asks whether he did something to offend Sloane because some time has elapsed since he last heard from him. Yonge mentions a small experiment, the effects of which he could not reproduce. He describes a tale he heard from a gentleman of a hare that had ‘two fully grown young ones among the Bowels; but almost rotten: and three immature embryos in the throat.’ Yonge thanks Sloane for the ‘Aldrovandus de Serpentibus’.
James Yonge was a surgeon and physician of Plymouth with experience as a ship’s surgeon. He was a prominent citizen in his native Plymouth and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and member of the Royal College of Physicians in 1702 (Ian Lyle, Yonge, James (16471721), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/30225, accessed 20 May 2011]).
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Robert Sibbald to Hans Sloane – October 29, 1709
Item info
Date: October 29, 1709
Author: Robert Sibbald
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042
Folio: ff. 56-57
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Collections, Philosophical Transactions, Royal Society, Scholarship, Scientific
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Subjects
Christianity, Copper Plates, Deaths, Figures, Firth of Forth, Fish, History, Natural History, Picts, Romans, Scotland, University of St. Andrews
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Date (as written)
October 29, 1709
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Ede [Edinburgh]
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Others mentioned
Edward Lhwyd Dr Wallerrals
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Patients mentioned
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Sibbald sends a figure of a fish, wondering if it is known by any member of the Royal Society and, if so, to provide him with its name and class. He tells Sloane of the death of his friend Edward Lhwyd, mentioning a book authored by him. Sibbald describes a book he is writing on the qualities of the ‘Ancient and Modern state’ in the area of the ‘Firth of Forth’ (Fife). He plans on writing about the Romans and Picts, the flora and fauna of the area, the ‘state of the Christian Religion’ therein, and the history of St Andrews University. Sibbald asks Sloane about the state of the Royal Society and its members, for he has not read any of its publications in the past two years.
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 20 May 2011]).
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Edward Wetenhall to Hans Sloane – September 27, 1709
Item info
Date: September 27, 1709
Author: Edward Wetenhall
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042
Folio: ff. 48-49
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Wetenhall informs Sloane of an elk’s head that might be of interest to him. He wants to be rid of it before he sets off to Ireland and describes the size and character of the specimen. Sloane is to let him know if he wants it. If not, he will dispose of it.
Edward Wetenhall was the Church of Ireland bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh and involved in many religious disputes during his lifetime. He published sermons and other pamphlets regarding religious issues (Alexander Gordon, Wetenhall, Edward (16361713), rev. S. J. Connolly, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/29142, accessed 20 May 2011]).
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Samuel Dale to Hans Sloane – September 14, 1709
Item info
Date: September 14, 1709
Author: Samuel Dale
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042
Folio: ff. 46-47
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Dale informs Sloane that his debtor, Mr Erew, has convinced his creditors to accept a new proposal regarding payment. He assures Sloane that Mr Englishe will tell him exactly what this means. Dale asks how Mr Ray’s seeds are progressing, as he has not heard anything since he was last in London.
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]).