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Anne Hamilton to Hans Sloane – September 4, 1710
Item info
Date: September 4, 1710
Author: Anne Hamilton
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042
Folio: ff. 173-174
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[fol. 174] Sep 4 1710 Sr I have followed your directions for a fort[night] bless God I have had no return of the Cramp but the […] after I was bleed I found a numness in both my armes which wins of with a pricking as when ones foot is asleep Since that night I have feelt nothing of that kind but a runing pain some times in one shoulder some times in another and a tingling or pricking though my venus and a weakness and a in my Armes and legs but that which is most uneasy to me is the hot flushing which comes often in the day and is so violent when I got to Bed I can get very little sleep when I doe slumber make in a sweat all over my face and head this day I find such a disorder in my head a straitnes as if I was found about that I resolve to Blister this night
if you think the Bath waters proper the reason for drinking is not over I shall be glad to hear from you next post God […] all the young ones are with my service […] Your Lady your humble servt
A Hamilton
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Étienne François Geoffroy to Hans Sloane – January 13, 1710
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Date: January 13, 1710
Author: Étienne François Geoffroy
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042
Folio: ff. 85-86
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Language
French
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Collections, Curiosity Reports, Philosophical Transactions, Scholarship, Scientific, Trade or Commodities
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Subjects
Academie des sciences, Experiments, Eye Diseases, Geology, Mercury, Shells, Shipping, Silk, Spiders, Tin
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Date (as written)
January 13, 1710
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
a Paris
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Others mentioned
John Thomas Woolhouse Anthoine de Jussieu de Lorme Abbe Jean Paul Bignon Francis Hauksbee Sr. Mangold
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Patients mentioned
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The package of books Sloane sent with Mangold is still in Amsterdam. Geoffroy mentions Woolhouse’s work on eye diseases. His brother and De Jussieu discovered a great number of shells inland, like those found in England. He requests a shipment of tin for a friend. The issues of the Philosophical Transactions have not reached him. Geoffroy comments, in detail, on some experiments that were performed, which were like those Hauksbee had undertaken. The Academie des sciences received silk made from the filament produced by spiders.
Etienne Francois Geoffroy (1672-1731) was an apothecary and physician who studied at Montpellier, like Sloane, and worked at the Jardin du Roi and College Royal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etienne_Francois_Geoffroy).
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Christian Lot von Weissenbach to Hans Sloane – June 1, 1710
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Date: June 1, 1710
Author: Christian Lot von Weissenbach
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042
Folio: ff. 138-139
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Von Weissenbach is leaving England. He thanks Sloane for his kindness and compliments his collection. Having pledged allegiance to the Queen, he hopes to return before winter.
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Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz to Hans Sloane – November 15, 1709
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Date: November 15, 1709
Author: Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4039
Folio: ff. 390-391
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Language
Latin
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Collections, Scholarship, Social, Travel
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Subjects
Animals, Books, Expeditions, Jamaica, Publishing, Roman History, Specimens
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Date (as written)
November 15, 1709
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Berlin
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Others mentioned
Joseph Addison
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Patients mentioned
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Leibniz has been corresponding with Joseph Addison. The latter has also visited him. Leibniz has several aurochs specimens in his collection. He plans on honouring Julius Caesar in Hanover. He heard there is a new edition of Caesar’s commentaries published in England and that plans to mount an expedition from Jamaica were taking shape.
Leibniz was a German mathematician and philosopher who contributed significantly to the development of each field among others (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottfried_Wilhelm_Leibniz).
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E.W. to Hans Sloane – May 22, 1735
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Date: May 22, 1735
Author: E.W.
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4075
Folio: f. 85
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Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: N/A E.W.
Gender:
Age:
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Description
Weak constitution. Suffered nocturnal pollutions for last seven years. Had masturbated regularly for several years. At age of 2, had a hernia. Also had hectic heats and flushings in the afternoon when he walked
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Diagnosis
Sloane noted a prescription for bleeding, balsamic electuary and pills.
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Treatment
Previous Treatment: Took medicines for two and a half years. These included astringent electuaries, balsamic emulsions and apozems in winter. Also too two pills a day. In summer, tried cold bathing alternating with the medicines.
Ongoing Treatment: Taking 60 drops of steel tincture in water three times a day. Also taking milk at breakfast and supper or, sometimes, gruel in the morning and bread and butter at night, with milk.
Response: Earlier treatment did not help. Current treatment did not agree with him. Milk seems to give him phlegm. Asked Sloane for prescriptions and regimen.
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Childhood Diseases, Genitals, Kidney, Venereal complaints
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Thomas Farrer to Hans Sloane – April 29, 1727
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Date: April 29, 1727
Author: Thomas Farrer
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4075
Folio: f. 116
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Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: Mr. Kynnesman
Gender:
Age:
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Description
"formerly used a good deal of exercise & solid sports", but frequently had scorbutic pains and cachexis and pain in back. More recently had been sedentary, which increased his complaints and decreased appetite.
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Diagnosis
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Treatment
Previous Treatment: tried waters to get rid of obstruction in the kidneys. Medicines Sloane prescribed had no effect on the kidneys or stomach. Forced to stop them.
Ongoing Treatment: Tried instead bitters and water.
Response: Motion of riding increased back pain and caused even more urine discoloration. Urine was never bloody, nor painful to pass. Recent remedies helped his appetite and brought langour.
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Urinary, Wasting, Kidney, Back
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James Knapton to Hans Sloane – July 7, 1702
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Date: July 7, 1702
Author: James Knapton
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4039
Folio: f. 1
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Knapton had written requesting any information Sloane might have on the late King William, specifically regarding his landing at Torbay. He is writing a book about King William and wants to make it as complete as possible.
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Giraudeau to Hans Sloane – July 13, 1709
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Date: July 13, 1709
Author: Giraudeau
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042
Folio: ff. 10-11
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Giraudeau informs Sloane that Queen Anne has ordered £100 be paid to him for attending to the late Prince George in his final sickness. Giraudeau asks Sloane to come to the Treasurer of the Chamber office to receive the money.
M. Giraudeau was the Treasurer of the Chamber to Queen Anne.
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Johann Philipp Breyne to Hans Sloane – September 19, 1711
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Date: September 19, 1711
Author: Johann Philipp Breyne
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042
Folio: ff. 344-351
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Language
Latin
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Library, Philosophical Transactions, Scholarship, Scientific, Travel
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Subjects
Botany, Gardens, Italy, Natural History, Plants
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Date (as written)
September 19, 1711
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Danzig
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Others mentioned
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Patients mentioned
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This letter was published as Phil. Trans. 1710, 27: 447-459. Breyne describes his experiences in Danzig, which have prevented him from maintaining his correspondence. He is currently preparing a book on rare and exotic plants. Breyne relays his medical and natural historical observations, made during his 1703 trip to Italy. He communicates a list of rare plants he observed in Italy, descriptions of towns including Livorno, Pisa, Florence, and Rome, and accounts of Italian universities, botanical gardens, and libraries.
Johann Philipp Breyne (1680-1764) was a German botanist, zoologist, and entomologist known primarily for his work on the Polish cochineal, or Porphyrophora polonica, used in red dye production. He became a fellow of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 1715 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Philipp_Breyne).
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Richard Middleton Massey to Hans Sloane – January 16, 1710
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Date: January 16, 1710
Author: Richard Middleton Massey
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042
Folio: ff. 229-230
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Collections, Curiosity Reports, Library, Scholarship, Trade or Commodities
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Subjects
Crowland Abbey, History, Manuscripts, Museums, Poetry, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford
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Date (as written)
January 16, 1710
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Wisbech
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Others mentioned
Mr Cooper Jacob Bobart
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Patients mentioned
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Massey sends his ‘old woman’. If this does not please Sloane he can send her to the ‘Museum at Oxford’. Massey purchased a ‘Quarto vellum MS’ about ‘the British Kings’ and a manuscript collection of ‘old Monkish Poetry’. He came across a collection of ’20 MS of a famous Physitian’ named ‘Francius a German he was president of Peterhouse in Cambridge’.
Richard Middleton Massey (1678-1743) attended Brasenose College, Oxford but left before obtaining a degree. In 1706 he was admitted Extra-Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians and settled in Wisbech where he practiced medicine. Massey was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1712. He compiled the catalogue of the library of the Royal College of Physicians in 1727 (http://munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk/Biography/Details/2969).