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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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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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Richard Middleton Massey to Hans Sloane – June 27, 1707
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Date: June 27, 1707
Author: Richard Middleton Massey
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: f. 375
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Transcription
Massey sends an ancient manuscript and physic book.
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).
Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: N/A Unnamed
Gender:
Age:45 years old.
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Description
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Diagnosis
Tympanite; swelling in the abdomen and stomach.
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Treatment
Previous Treatment: Following Sloane's orders, began with 'oxymel scyll', which 'purged well downwards but not otherwise.' Then, a 'lixquium of broom ashes with juniper berry mustard' was administered twice a day while being purged with 'resin scammon merc. dule.'
Ongoing Treatment:
Response: Sloane's treatment has led to the patient being 'recovered to a miracle.' The tension is down and the patient can ride 10 or 20 miles.
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Hydropsy, Stomach, Tympanites
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Richard Middleton Massey to Hans Sloane – July 16, 1707
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Date: July 16, 1707
Author: Richard Middleton Massey
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: f. 381
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Transcription
Massey discusses Sloane’s book and Cowper’s treatise on muscles.
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).
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Richard Middleton Massey to Hans Sloane – October 6, 1707
Item info
Date: October 6, 1707
Author: Richard Middleton Massey
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: ff. 36-37
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Transcription
Massey sends a strange stone from the River Ribble, thinking Petiver might want to include it in his new work. He notes that the bean fields have been ravaged. He asks for advice on ‘fluore albo inoeterat’.
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).
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Richard Middleton Massey to Hans Sloane – October 27, 1707
Item info
Date: October 27, 1707
Author: Richard Middleton Massey
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: ff. 48-49
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Transcription
Massey wants to make sure Sloane received the letter and ‘odd fashiond stone’ he sent 2 weeks ago. He asks for Sloane’s thoughts on them.
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).
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Richard Middleton Massey to Hans Sloane – November 24, 1707
Item info
Date: November 24, 1707
Author: Richard Middleton Massey
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: ff. 73-74
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Transcription
Massey informs Sloane that Mr Dixon to deliver the stone. He hopes that allowing Mr Petiver to insert it into his ‘Gazo phylacium’ will win him respect, as he wants to be admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Society. Massey will pay the guinea to subscribe to Petiver’s work.
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).
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Jean Rodolphe Lavater to Hans Sloane – January 10, 1708
Item info
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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Transcription
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).
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Charles Hatton to Hans Sloane – January 28, 1707/08
Item info
Date: January 28, 1707/08
Author: Charles Hatton
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: f. 98
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Transcription
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].
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Étienne François Geoffroy to Hans Sloane – January 17, 1702
Item info
Date: January 17, 1702
Author: Étienne François Geoffroy
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: ff. 290-291
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Language
French
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Medical, Scholarship, Scientific, Travel
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Subjects
Books, Catalogues, Geology, Italy, Pharmacology, Sand
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Date (as written)
January 17, 1702
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
A Paris
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Others mentioned
Lefevre Pierre Bonnet Bourdelot Marchand
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Patients mentioned
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Transcription
Geoffroy describes four types of sand he collected in Italy in detail. He thanks Sloane for sending the seeds and recounts the properties of a plant which can be combined with the purgative ‘Senna’. Bonnet Bourdelot is awaiting a catalogue of books.
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).