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Patrick Blair to Hans Sloane – March 15, 1712
Item info
Date: March 15, 1712
Author: Patrick Blair
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4043
Folio: f. 32
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Collections, Scholarship, Trade or Commodities, Travel
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Subjects
Auctions, Books, Botany, Elephants, Holland, Publishing
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Date (as written)
March 15, 1712
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Coupar of Angus
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Others mentioned
Francis R. Drogell James Petiver James B. Factor
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Patients mentioned
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Blair is glad to hear Petiver’s mission in Holland was a success and he made acquisitions at auction. He laments that Sloane did not inform him of Petiver’s going to Holland beforehand because he had wanted to send a copy of his ‘Manuale Pharma:Botanicum, and Synopsis Methodi: Turniforiana to be revised by the Botanists there’. He desires clarification as to how many prints he is to make of his ‘Osteographia Eleph:’.
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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Ralph Thoresby to Hans Sloane – January 4, 1709/10
Item info
Date: January 4, 1709/10
Author: Ralph Thoresby
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042
Folio: f. 84
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Transcription
Thoresby requests some issues of the Philosophical Transactions. He wants to recruit subscribers for a new publication.
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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William Nicolson to Hans Sloane – March 24, 1711/12
Item info
Date: March 24, 1711/12
Author: William Nicolson
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4043
Folio: ff. 33-34
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Nicolson wants to meet Sloane on Wednesday afternoon and visit ‘the rest of the Society at Crane Court on Thursday’.
Nicolson was an Irish clergyman and antiquary noted for his language skills. He became Bishop of Derry in 1718 (D. W. Hayton, Nicolson, William (16551727), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/20186, accessed 13 June 2011]).
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William Derham to Hans Sloane – February 16, 1711
Item info
Date: February 16, 1711
Author: William Derham
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042
Folio: ff. 250-251
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[fol. 251]
Sr Upmr Feb: 16 1710/1
Since my return home, I have taken care
to prevent any mischief being done you at Orset
having given a strict charge to Lucking about it,
who promiseth his faithfull diligence & care.
I have also spoken to Capt Stanes about the
Surveyour, & have brought him down to 8d p acre.
He will in some short time wait upon you
About it, wch I thought necessary to advertise
you of yt you may know what to say the
better in your affair. Being in some hast I forgot, & therefore
desire you to tell him yt you will find no Boy
to carry the Chain, nor be at any other charges;
wch is not unusual for them to bring in as a
surcharge. He hath engage to survey all ye Land
nicely, to platt & adorn it handsomely, & to put
down all the timber trees in their due place
in the Map, wch you may repeat in your
bargain with him.
I have not yet heard of My Towneleys papers
wch I wrote to you about last week. If you hear
of them, favr me with an account of it. I am
your Ladies, &
Your much obliged humble servant
Wm Derham
My Wifes humble
service & thanks to you.
Her eyes are better
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]).
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Ralph Thoresby to Hans Sloane – March 26, 1712
Item info
Date: March 26, 1712
Author: Ralph Thoresby
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4043
Folio: f. 35
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Transcription
Thoresby apologizes for not having the means to return Sloane’s favours. He puts himself at Sloane’s service.
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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James Keill to Hans Sloane – February 15, 1710/11
Item info
Date: February 15, 1710/11
Author: James Keill
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042
Folio: ff. 248-249
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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]).
Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: Lord Lempster
Gender:
Age:
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Description
Lempster's 'Pulse continues still to intermitt'.
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Diagnosis
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Treatment
Previous Treatment: Keill vomited Lempster, which 'brought away... stool', and Lempster expelled more water than he took in. This weakened Lempster considerably. His belly became more swollen and hard than the week before.
Ongoing Treatment: Once Lempster recovers his strength Keill will continue with vomiting. He is going to give 'some Diureticks' to Lady Lempster to administer to her husband.
Response:
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Stomach, Vomiting, Inflammations
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James Keill to Hans Sloane – February 6, 1710/11
Item info
Date: February 6, 1710/11
Author: James Keill
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042
Folio: ff. 243-244
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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]).
Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: Lord Lempster
Gender:
Age:
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Description
Keill gave Lempster 'another vomit' the day before, which provided some relief. There was not 'such a quantity of Humours as the first' vomiting. Lempster's 'belly is very big and hard, and certainly Dropsicall.' Keill could not reduce the swelling.
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Diagnosis
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
Ongoing Treatment: Keill is going to continue vomiting Lempster. He is going to administer all of the medicines he administered before.
Response:
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Dropsy, Inflammations, Lungs
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Thomas Hearne to Hans Sloane – February 6, 1710/11
Item info
Date: February 6, 1710/11
Author: Thomas Hearne
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042
Folio: ff. 241-242
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Transcription
Hearne thanks Sloane for paying the 42 shillings. He names some of the people purchasing materials from him.
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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James Keill to Hans Sloane – February 1, 1711
Item info
Date: February 1, 1711
Author: James Keill
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042
Folio: ff. 237-238
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Transcription
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]).
Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: Lord Lempster
Gender:
Age:
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Description
Lempster's family is 'apprehensive' because his breathing has once again become troubled. '[H]is Legs, Belly, and Hands [are] very much swelled', which lead Keill to vomit him, ridding him of 'a great deall of watry humour'. Lempster's pulse is still quick, he is parched, and 'his water is lighter coloured'.
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Diagnosis
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
Ongoing Treatment: Lady Lempster wants Sloane to advise Keill.
Response:
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Vomiting, Inflammations, Lungs
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Charles Preston to Hans Sloane – January 27, 1711
Item info
Date: January 27, 1711
Author: Charles Preston
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042
Folio: ff. 235-236
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Collections, Philosophical Transactions, Scholarship
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Subjects
Botany, Food, Montpellier, Plants, Publishing, Specimens, Virginia
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Date (as written)
January 27, 1711
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Edr [Edinburgh]
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Others mentioned
Archibald Pitcairne Mr Crokatt Dr Aberorombio John Ray
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Patients mentioned
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Transcription
Preston relays his publishing plans. He received foods from Montpellier, some ‘iperacuanha’ from Virginia, various other specimens, and the Philosophical Transactions he had asked for.
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 7 June 2011]).