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James Keill to Hans Sloane – April 8, 1711
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Date: April 8, 1711
Author: James Keill
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042
Folio: ff. 273-274
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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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Name: Lord Lempster
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Age:
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Description
Lempster 'is not able to express himself at all, and he is very rarely sensible [...] His belly and Legs are both considerably swelled again, and his pulse is again very quick'.
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Diagnosis
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Treatment
Previous Treatment: Keill administered the 'Electuary and Infusion as directed', which caused him not to have 'a stool for four days till he had a Glyster' to which Keill added 'some syrup of Buckhorn'.
Ongoing Treatment:
Response:
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Pain, Inflammations, Dementia
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Stephen Gray to Hans Sloane – July 31, 1711
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Date: July 31, 1711
Author: Stephen Gray
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042
Folio: ff. 336-337
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Gray describes the difficulty and hardship of a scholarly life. He is worried that his efforts will lead to nothing and may turn ‘to astronomy and navigation and might hapily find something that might be of use’. He relays his findings on the ‘weight of the Atmosphere’.
Gray was an experimental philosopher who established a rapport with the Royal Society and Royal Greenwich Observatory, published articles in the Transactions, and experimented with electricity (Michael Ben-Chaim, Gray, Stephen (bap. 1666, d. 1736), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/11354, accessed 26 June 2013]).
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John Hudson to Hans Sloane – August 28, 1711
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Date: August 28, 1711
Author: John Hudson
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042
Folio: ff. 342-343
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Hudson thanks Sloane for sending the books. He asks Sloane to purchase an extra copy of every new book he buys to send to the library. Hudson requests back issues of the Philosophical Transactions.
John Hudson (1662-1719) was elected librarian of the Bodleian Library in 1701. He corresponded with numerous scholars and librarians, both in England and abroad (Theodor Harmsen, Hudson, John (16621719), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2013 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/14034, accessed 27 June 2013]).
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Robert Sibbald to Hans Sloane – April 7, 1711
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Date: April 7, 1711
Author: Robert Sibbald
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042
Folio: ff. 271-272
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Sibbald sends a list of books he is interested in purchasing. Archibald Betson is the bearer. Sibbald did not receive Warner’s natural historical book, which Sloane was supposed to have sent. He asks for back issues of the Philosophical Transactions.
Sir Robert 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 3 June 2011]).
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James Yonge to Hans Sloane – April 6, 1711
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Date: April 6, 1711
Author: James Yonge
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042
Folio: ff. 269-270
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Yonge thanks Sloane for forwarding some texts, but is having trouble finding anything by Cyprianus.
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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James Keill to Hans Sloane – September 25, 1711
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Date: September 25, 1711
Author: James Keill
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042
Folio: ff. 352-353
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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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Name: Lord Lempster
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Age:
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Description
Keill is worried that Lempster's 'wheezing' will be exacerbated by the onset of winter.
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Diagnosis
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Treatment
Previous Treatment: Keill gave 'blisters and Diureticks' as well as purgatives to Lempster.
Ongoing Treatment: Keill hopes that Lempster will refrain from drinking alcohol so 'that his belly will be kept low without any loss of strength'.
Response: Lempster lost 'his strength and flesh' after he was purged.
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Wasting, Inflammations, Lungs, Pain
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James Yonge to Hans Sloane – October 2, 1711
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Date: October 2, 1711
Author: James Yonge
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042
Folio: ff. 354-355
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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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Name: Lady Gertrude Copley (nee Carew)
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Age:
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Description
Copley has 'tumors [...] in both her legs [...] sick stomach, pains in head, and other disorders'. She suffers from periodic colds. When Yonge was called to examine her two days ago he found her vomiting. She has not had a bowel movement '3 days since her purging'.
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Diagnosis
Dropsy. Copley wants Yonge to consult Sloane.
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Treatment
Previous Treatment: Yonge gave her several medicines, which are listed in the letter.
Ongoing Treatment: He hopes that 'after her stomach is recoverd the nausea, that purgatives (Hydrogogues) [...] may be usefull'. Yonge allows her to consume wine, adding 'Alder Berry Water' to it.
Response:
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Hydropsy, Inflammations, Colds, Pain, Headache, Tumour, Stomach, Wasting
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William Wotton to Hans Sloane – June 8, 1712
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Date: June 8, 1712
Author: William Wotton
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4043
Folio: ff. 53-54
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Wotton was a child prodigy, having received his BA from Oxford at the age of nine. He mastered several languages and fields of inquiry and became a member of the Royal Society in 1687 as well as being ordained in 1689. He published many works on history, theology, culture, and politics and contributed to the Philosophical Transactions (David Stoker, Wotton, William (16661727), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2007 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/30005, accessed 14 June 2011]).
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Name: N/A William Wotton
Gender:
Age:
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Description
Mrs Wotton suffers from diarrhea with 'swelling and [...] Heats'.
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Diagnosis
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
Ongoing Treatment:
Response: The diarrhea went away after she took the medicine Sloane suggested.
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Blood, Head, Injuries (includes wounds, sores, bruises), Drowsiness, Memory loss, Diarrhea, Inflammations
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John Urry to Hans Sloane – June 5, 1712
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Date: June 5, 1712
Author: John Urry
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4043
Folio: ff. 51-52
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Urry thanks Sloane for helping him procure some manuscripts and printed editions of Chaucer, which he is transcribing. Dr Levett also helped him. If Sloane sees Dr Hicks he should please tell him to pay Urry a visit in the summer.
John Urry was a loyalist and literary editor who transcribed some of the works of Geoffrey Chaucer. His transcriptions were published posthumously in 1721 (E. I. Carlyle, Urry, John (16661715), rev. A. S. G. Edwards, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/28021, accessed 14 June 2011]).
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Frederick Slare to Hans Sloane – October 28, 1712
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Date: October 28, 1712
Author: Frederick Slare
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4043
Folio: ff. 100-101
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Slare hopes that Sloane will be amiable toward his friend from Ireland, a physician and professor of medicine in Dublin. He asks that Sloane introduce the man to the Royal Society.
Frederick Slare was a physician, chemist, and fellow of the Royal Society. He published 10 papers in the Philosophical Transactions and much else besides (Lawrence M. Principe, Slare, Frederick (1646/71727), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/25715, accessed 15 June 2011]).