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Daniel Malthus to Hans Sloane – July 10, 1708
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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]).
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Name: N/A Daniel Malthus
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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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Coughs, Lungs, Spitting Blood, 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
Original Page
Transcription
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]).
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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
Original Page
Transcription
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]).
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William Derham to Hans Sloane – July 10, 1708
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Date: July 10, 1708
Author: William Derham
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: ff. 176-177
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[fol. 177]
Sr Upminster July 10 1708
By reason you came not yr self I went over
this week to view the Barn-floor, lest they should
in any rise impose upon you. But I found both the
condition & dimensions of the Floor agreeable to wt
they reported. I saw the Deals they bought; wch are
Stout & good, at 2s-4d p deal: but they are so broad
that I believe 40 fewer may do. The Joyce is
seemingly sound, but very slight, & only Six in
th cross the floor, wch is one reason of the more spee-
dy decay of the former floor, together wth the slight-
ness of the Deals, wch I saw were only an inch thick.
I ordered them that since 6 Joyce served before, they should
not lay 9 in what is done anew (as they intended)
but only 7 or 8 at most, & that if the Joyce fail
in any part when the floor is taken up, they
should make good these failures wth the surplu-
sage of the Joyce they have provided, or return
them back to ye Carpenter. They have promised
this, & all other fidelity, wch I hope will be effectu-
ally performed by reason the workman is the
same person that was with you, my neighbour
who I take will do every thing for the best for you,
& whom will take care of also & also again & view the
Joyce when the old Deals are pulled, wch will be next week or the
beginning of the week after. I this day recd the last Transacti-
on for wch I suppose I am to thank you. My wife I thank God holds
well, only now some wandering pains in her Limbs after the Flux
I desire my humble service to your Lady from
Sr Your much obliged humble servant
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 (1657-1735)”, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/7528, accessed 7 June 2011]).
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John Arbuthnot to Hans Sloane – June 30, 1708
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Date: June 30, 1708
Author: John Arbuthnot
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: f. 171
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Arbuthnot encloses an account of His Royal Highness’ health, a copy of which he has also sent to Richard Blackmore.
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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James Sherard to Hans Sloane – June 26, 1708
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Date: June 26, 1708
Author: James Sherard
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: ff. 165-166
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[fol. 165] Sr Looking over my Brothers Letters I find he has given you the trouble of procuring some books & other things to be sent to him at Smirna, there is now an opportunity of sending and therefore beg if they are ready that you’l please to let them be sent to my house by first occasion for I am told the ships are almost full & will be going in a little time. I am Sr yr most humble servant James Sherard London June 26 1708
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 – June 26, 1708
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Date: June 26, 1708
Author: William Musgrave Sr.
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: ff. 163-164
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Musgrave thanks Sloane for sending the January issue of the Philosophical Transactions. He will pay the subscription fee – ‘wch I understand to be fiveteen shillings’ – and promises to take care of Sloane’s book.
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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Patrick Blair to Hans Sloane – June 22, 1708
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Date: June 22, 1708
Author: Patrick Blair
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: f. 161
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Blair encloses an account of a rare animal whose anatomy has never been documented. He sends figures of a porpoise and porpoise skeleton.
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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Charles Preston to Hans Sloane – September 24, 1708
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Date: September 24, 1708
Author: Charles Preston
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: ff. 210-211
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Preston thanks Sloane for providing the physician’s library with copies of the Philosophical Transactions.
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 1 June 2011]).
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Patrick Blair to Hans Sloane – June 22, 1708
Item info
Date: June 22, 1708
Author: Patrick Blair
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: ff. 159-160
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Patronage, Philosophical Transactions, Royal Society, Scholarship, Travel
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Subjects
Botany, Employment, Jamaica, Publishing, Surgery
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Date (as written)
June 22, 1708
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Origin (as written)
Dundee
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Others mentioned
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Patients mentioned
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Blair asks Sloane to look over his botanical paper before it is published. He hopes the latter, along with his surgical observations, are worthy of the Philosophical Transactions. Blair requests that Sloane help his cousin, who has problems with his speech, find employment in Jamaica.
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]).