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Henry Ferry to Hans Sloane – October 4, 1739
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Date: October 4, 1739
Author: Henry Ferry
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4075
Folio: f. 126
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Mary Ashe to Hans Sloane – September 7, 1698
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Date: September 7, 1698
Author: Mary Ashe
Recipient: Hans Sloane
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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Ann Ashe to Hans Sloane – September 7, 1698
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Date: September 7, 1698
Author: Ann Ashe
Recipient: Hans Sloane
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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Pierre Des Maizeaux to Hans Sloane – July 24, 1701
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Date: July 24, 1701
Author: Pierre Des Maizeaux
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: ff. 197-198
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Des Maizeaux sends Sloane an issue of the ‘Journal de trevoux’ and hopes he enjoys it more than the last one. He reminds Sloane of the book the latter promised to procure for him, the ‘Marfore ou Discours contre les libelles’ by Gabriel Naude. He asks if Sloane might have Jean Baptiste Nocette’s ‘bouclier celeste’ and hopes Sloane does not forget to bring the ‘Nouvelles litteraires’ received from Italy when he comes to the conference.
Des Maizeaux was a French Huguenot writer in exile in London known for his translations of Pierre Bayle as well as publications of his own (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_des_Maizeaux).
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Patrick Dun to Hans Sloane – March 14, 1705/06
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Date: March 14, 1705/06
Author: Patrick Dun
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: ff. 137-138
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Sir Patrick Dun (1642-1713) graduated in arts at Merichal College in 1658 and studied at Valence in France. He became doctor of Physic of Trinity College, Dublin and in 1677 incorporated in absentia MD at Oxford. Dun was appointed physician to the state and to James, Duke of Ormond, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and elected one of 14 Fellows of the Irish College of Physicians. He was elected president of the College from 1681 to 1687. In 1683, he was one of the founding members of the Dublin Philosophical Society. Dun supported the study of Anatomy and arranged dissections of human bodies. He became one of the leading physicians in Dublin. In 1688, he supported the Willamite side and fled the country until 1689 when he was appointed physician to King Williams army. He was reelected president of the Irish College of Physicians in 1690, 1692, 1696, 1698 and 1706. Dun was married in 1694 and knighted in 1696. In 1705, he was appointed physician to the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham. Dun died in 1713 after a short illness. (Davis Coakley, “Dun, Sir Patrick (16421713)”, The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography).
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Name: Mr. Southwell
Gender:
Age:
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Description
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Diagnosis
Tumour; complains of a constant pain near the ribs of the right side; pain is occasioned by cold.
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Treatment
Previous Treatment: Plasters.
Ongoing Treatment: Dun prescribed 'ungiuntium pectorale ol: lihon albon anth amemeli'.
Response: Plasters caused blistering on Lady Ardglass' side.
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Medical problem reference
Pain, Tumour, Mouth, Coughs, Teething
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Patrick Dun to Hans Sloane – March 14, 1705/06
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Date: March 14, 1705/06
Author: Patrick Dun
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: ff. 137-138
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Sir Patrick Dun (1642-1713) graduated in arts at Merichal College in 1658 and studied at Valence in France. He became doctor of Physic of Trinity College, Dublin and in 1677 incorporated in absentia MD at Oxford. Dun was appointed physician to the state and to James, Duke of Ormond, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and elected one of 14 Fellows of the Irish College of Physicians. He was elected president of the College from 1681 to 1687. In 1683, he was one of the founding members of the Dublin Philosophical Society. Dun supported the study of Anatomy and arranged dissections of human bodies. He became one of the leading physicians in Dublin. In 1688, he supported the Willamite side and fled the country until 1689 when he was appointed physician to King Williams army. He was reelected president of the Irish College of Physicians in 1690, 1692, 1696, 1698 and 1706. Dun was married in 1694 and knighted in 1696. In 1705, he was appointed physician to the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham. Dun died in 1713 after a short illness. (Davis Coakley, “Dun, Sir Patrick (16421713)”, The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography).
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Patient info
Name: Lady Ardglass
Gender:
Age:
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Description
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Diagnosis
Tumour; complains of a constant pain near the ribs of the right side; pain is occasioned by cold.
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Treatment
Previous Treatment: Plasters.
Ongoing Treatment: Dun prescribed 'ungiuntium pectorale ol: lihon albon anth amemeli'.
Response: Plasters caused blistering on Lady Ardglass' side.
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Pain, Tumour, Mouth, Coughs, Teething
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Charles Bodvile Robartes to Hans Sloane – June 14, 1707
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Date: June 14, 1707
Author: Charles Bodvile Robartes
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: ff. 371-372
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Charles Bodvile Robartes, 2nd Earl of Radnor (1660-1723) was an English politician in the House of Commons from 1679 to 1681 and again in 1685. He inherited the title Viscount Bodmin on the death of his father in 1682 and the title Baron Robartes and the earldom on the death of his grandfather in 1685. He married Elisabeth Cutler in 1689 however never fathered any children. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1693. His name appears on the list of members of nobility and gentry who in 1688 deserted King James II and pledged allegiance to William of Orange during the Glorious Revolution (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Robartes,_2nd_Earl_of_Radnor).
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William Digby, 5th Baron Digby to Hans Sloane – June 14, 1707
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Date: June 14, 1707
Author: William Digby, 5th Baron Digby
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: ff. 371-372
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Charles Bodvile Robartes, 2nd Earl of Radnor (1660-1723) was an English politician in the House of Commons from 1679 to 1681 and again in 1685. He inherited the title Viscount Bodmin on the death of his father in 1682 and the title Baron Robartes and the earldom on the death of his grandfather in 1685. He married Elisabeth Cutler in 1689 however never fathered any children. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1693. His name appears on the list of members of nobility and gentry who in 1688 deserted King James II and pledged allegiance to William of Orange during the Glorious Revolution (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Robartes,_2nd_Earl_of_Radnor).
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Jean Rodolphe Lavater to Hans Sloane – January 10, 1708
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Date: January 10, 1708
Author: Jean Rodolphe Lavater
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: ff. 85-86
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Lavater asks for assistance with ‘the Will in which my Dear Wife was mentioned’. The booksellers have almost finished printing a number of books and would like to add Sloane’s ‘Comontanum Practicum’ to make a set. He will send the catalogue for the Chevalier Marchand’s library soon.
Jean Rodolphe Lavater was a Swiss physician and naturalist educated in Zurich. He travelled to England in 1704-05 and became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1708 (‘Jean Rodolphe Lavater’, Library Collection, royalsociety.org).