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James Yonge to Hans Sloane – January 1, 1709/10
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Date: January 1, 1709/10
Author: James Yonge
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042
Folio: ff. 81-82
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Yonge thanks Sloane for sending him ‘his Cyprianus’. He permits Sloane to print his papers if they are acceptable to him.
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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William Musgrave Sr. to Hans Sloane – April 11, 1707
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Date: April 11, 1707
Author: William Musgrave Sr.
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: ff. 340-344
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Musgrave outlines his work on arthritis ‘de Arthritide Anomala, Sive Interna, Dissertatio’, which was published in 1715. The letter was published at Phil. Trans. 1706, 25: 2435-2442.
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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Henry Hare, 2nd Baron Coleraine to Hans Sloane – March 8, 1687/8
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Date: March 8, 1687/8
Author: Henry Hare, 2nd Baron Coleraine
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4075
Folio: f. 5
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Hare sent a medal for Mr Charleton and invited Sloane to peruse it. He did not have time to examine the reverse of the medal found at Silchester. He has also been promised some more that have been found at Marlborough. Henry Hare, 2nd Baron Coleraine, was MP for Old Sarum and although his privy chamber office ended with the death of Charles II, he held local offices in Middlesex through the 1680s and 90s. In 1705, he published ‘The History and antiquities of the town and church of Tottenham’ (Nicholas Doggett, Hare, Henry, second Baron Coleraine (bap. 1636, d. 1708), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/12299, accessed 8 July 2013]).
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Ralph Thoresby to Hans Sloane – October 14, 1710
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Date: October 14, 1710
Author: Ralph Thoresby
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042
Folio: f. 192
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Thoresby thanks Sloane for sending the Philosophical Transactions, the ‘kind design about the Indian fruits’, and Mr Gordon’s geographical treatise. He received some curiosities from Craven.
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 3 June 2011]).
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John Woodward to Hans Sloane – June 24, 1708
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Date: June 24, 1708
Author: John Woodward
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: f. 162
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Woodward requests that Sloane lend him two anatomical texts.
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 (1665/1668–1728)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/29946, accessed 17 June 2011]).
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John Stevens to Hans Sloane – August 11, 1708
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Date: August 11, 1708
Author: John Stevens
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: ff. 192-193
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Stevens returns four books he had borrowed from Sloane. He is keeping one for a while longer.
John Stevens was a translator, antiquary, one time editor of the “British Mercury”, fluent Spanish speaker, and worked on putting many church-related texts into English (G. Martin Murphy, Stevens, John (c.16621726), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/26423, accessed 13 June 2011]).
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Samuel Molyneux to Hans Sloane – August 5, 1708
Item info
Date: August 5, 1708
Author: Samuel Molyneux
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: ff. 190-191
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Government, Philosophical Transactions, Scholarship, Scientific, Travel
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Subjects
Experiments, Gunpowder, Ireland, Light, Military, Physics, West Indies
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Date (as written)
August 5, 1708
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Trin. Coll. Dublin
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Others mentioned
Dr Wall
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Patients mentioned
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Molyneux thanks Sloane for addressing his papers in the Philosophical Transactions. He would like to see an account of Dr Wall’s experiments on the production of light by friction. He tried to make a mixture of gunpowder as Sloane suggested, but it did not work. Molyneux asks for advice that might be useful for the army in the West Indies. He will be travelling to northern Ireland and would like to know if Sloane would like any curiosities or information from there.
Samuel Molyneux (1689-1728) was an astronomer and politician. He studied optics and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1712 (A. M. Clerke, Molyneux, Samuel (16891728), rev. Anita McConnell, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/18925, accessed 4 July 2011]).
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John Arbuthnot to Hans Sloane – August 3, 1708
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Date: August 3, 1708
Author: John Arbuthnot
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: f. 189
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Arbuthnot thanks Sloane for his letter, which caused great laughter.
Arbuthnot was a physician and satirist most famous for his John Bull pamphlets which led to the character becoming a national symbol (Angus Ross, ‘Arbuthnot , John (bap. 1667, d. 1735)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/610, accessed 14 June 2011]).
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William Burnet to Hans Sloane – July 28, 1708
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Date: July 28, 1708
Author: William Burnet
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: ff. 182-183
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William Burnet (1688-1729) was a colonial governor and son of Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury. He served in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire (Mary Lou Lustig, ‘Burnet, William (1688–1729)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/4070, accessed 10 June 2015]).
Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: N/A William Burnet
Gender:
Age:
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Description
Burnet feels he has followed Sloane's prescription of vomiting for too long.
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Diagnosis
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Treatment
Previous Treatment: Purgatives.
Ongoing Treatment: Purgatives.
Response: Burnet is increasingly weak and can no longer keep any food down. His breathing is as short as ever.
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Stomach, Lungs, Weakness, Loss of Appetite
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Daniel Malthus to Hans Sloane – July 10, 1708
Item info
Date: July 10, 1708
Author: Daniel Malthus
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: ff. 178-179
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Daniel Malthus (1651-1717) served as apothecary to Queen Anne and George I and was the great-grandfather of the political economist and demographer Thomas Robert Malthus (J. M. Pullen, ‘Malthus, (Thomas) Robert (1766–1834)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/17902, accessed 7 July 2014]).
Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: Mrs. Malthus
Gender:
Age:
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Description
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Diagnosis
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Treatment
Previous Treatment: 'Diacodium' was prescribed for her cough. She has stopped taking it. Malthus asks Sloane whether this was the right thing to do.
Ongoing Treatment: Purgatives.
Response: She is no longer spitting blood; cough has improved.
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Coughs, Lungs, Spitting Blood, Loss of Appetite