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William Vernon to Hans Sloane – July 24, 1698
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Date: July 24, 1698
Author: William Vernon
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 102-103
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Vernon offers Sloane the use of his collection of plant specimens after having met with like-minded individuals in pursuit of ‘natural knowledge’ at the Temple Coffeehouse.
William Vernon was a Fellow of Peter House, Cambridge.
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John Grandorge to Hans Sloane – April 19, 1725
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Date: April 19, 1725
Author: John Grandorge
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4075
Folio: f. 191
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Thomas Graham to Hans Sloane – n.d.
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Date: n.d.
Author: Thomas Graham
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4075
Folio: f. 176
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Mary Ashe to Gibbons – September 7, 1698
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Date: September 7, 1698
Author: Mary Ashe
Recipient: Gibbons
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 117-118
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Mary Ashe (d. 1705) was born Mary Wilson to Robert Wilson and Katharine Rudd. She Married Joseph Ashe, 1st Baronet, who was the son of James Ashe and Grace Pitt. Mary and Joseph were married before 1658 (George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume III, page 122).
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L. Delafaye to Hans Sloane – February 4, 1734/5
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Date: February 4, 1734/5
Author: L. Delafaye
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4075
Folio: f. 58
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Christopher Jeffries to Hans Sloane – September 27, 1722
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Date: September 27, 1722
Author: Christopher Jeffries
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4075
Folio: f. 292
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Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: Mrs. Rider
Gender:
Age:
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Description
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Diagnosis
Sloane prescribed cephalic and carminative remedies.
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Treatment
Previous Treatment: See ff. 286-297 for the complete case. This is the fourth letter.
Ongoing Treatment:
Response: She still had symptoms, especially flatulence, and vomited a dark phlegm. Two or three stools daily.
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Emotions, Hysteria, Pain, Stomach
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Elizabeth Irwin to Hans Sloane – December 23, 1719
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Date: December 23, 1719
Author: Elizabeth Irwin
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4075
Folio: f. 319
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Charles Kimberley to Hans Sloane – September 26, n. y.
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Date: September 26, n. y.
Author: Charles Kimberley
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4075
Folio: f. 353
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Irwin to Hans Sloane – October 4, 1723
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Date: October 4, 1723
Author: Irwin
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4075
Folio: f. 327
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Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: M. Irwin
Gender:
Age:
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Description
After recently coming home, at death's door. Had been unable to ride to a neighbour's. Has swimming and beating noise in head. Slept poorly the previous night. Imputed many of the problems to concern over death of a fine infant boy of Mrs Boyles and another accident. Voided some gravel. Very weak and stomach has failed. Hands and fingers often in cold sweat.
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Diagnosis
[Previously prescribed as hysteria. Sloane MS 4075, ff. 321-322.]
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
Ongoing Treatment: Will observe whatever Sloane orders, except issues. Has recently been bled. Took some mixture of Diacodium Sloane had prescribed in London. Asks if she should take other prescribed drink, too: "I am one of ye least drinkers in ye world & shall drink but little of yt unless yu wod have me." Takes usual drink and tries to get out once a day. Taking mostly barley water and milk, as well as electuary.
Response: This is an update, with descriptions of a fast beating heart, shortness of breath, spots on arms, gas, a possible distemper, foot and ankle pain and hand weakness. Electuary fills her with wind and causes rumbling in stomach all day.
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Pain, Stomach, Hysteria, Heart, Head, Flatulence, Emotions
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Charles Hatton to Hans Sloane – August 8, 1700
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Date: August 8, 1700
Author: Charles Hatton
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: ff. 45-46
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Hatton inquires about a catalogue by Franciscus de Humphries.
Charles Hatton was the son of Christopher Hatton, 1st Baron Hatton and brother of Christopher Hatton, 1st Viscount Hatton [Sir Bernard Burke, C.B. LL.D., A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire, new edition (1883; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1978), page 269].