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Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet to Hans Sloane – February 25, 1720/21
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Date: February 25, 1720/21
Author: Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4046
Folio: ff. 68-69
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Thomas Tufton (1644-1729), 6th Earl of Thanet, was a nobleman and politician. He served as Captain of the Troop of Horse, Member of Parliament for Appelby from 1668 to 1679, and was eventually invested as a Privy Councillor in 1702. He was Lord-Lieutenant of Cumberland from 1712 to 1714 (G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, ‘The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant’, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume III, page 297).
Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: Lady Isabella Tufton
Gender:
Age:
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Description
The young woman has been 'disturbed about 3 months, she is not madd enough for Bedlam but will not be well without medicine'. She was 'found in a wood almost starved'.
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Diagnosis
Tufton asks Sloane what he should do.
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Treatment
Previous Treatment: A friend of the woman gave her some medicine.
Ongoing Treatment:
Response:
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Medical problem reference
Smallpox, Mental Illness, Pain, Gout, Stomach, Digestion
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Lincoln to Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle – September 28, 1729
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Date: September 28, 1729
Author: Lincoln
Recipient: Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4076
Folio: f. 161
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Fol. 161
All the children have been out of order, this last week, but are now pretty well again; Lady Lucy, has had, the St Anthony’s fire in her arm; and a little fever in it, but is now quite well again, she was let blood, and tooke some physick, which has carry’d it, quite off. Harry and Lady Anne have have both had a purging ever since they came here, and indeed have had something of it, even on the road, but for this week past, it was to a great degree, and frightened me, tho’ Harry has never been in the least ill with it, so I think is not at all alter’d with it, tho’ t’as been so long upon him and I send for a Dr to them who told me it was a common effect of change of air, and was partly occasion’d by my having let them eat too much in their journey, and that t’was very happy it took that run, he has given them some little things, that have abated it, and agree with them. Harry’s is now very little and he is [ ] find Ly Anne is as gay as ever, but a good [line torn] before this looseness, she came into France. She hardly ever coughs and has no sort of fever and breaths well of nights, which she did not at home.
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Patient info
Name: Lady Lucy
Gender:
Age:Child
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Description
Lady Lucy was suffering with St Anthony's fire in her arm, accompanied by a little fever.
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Diagnosis
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Treatment
Previous Treatment: Blood was let and she took 'some physick'.
Ongoing Treatment:
Response: Patient responded to treatment and no further course of action was proscribed.
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Medical problem reference
Skin ailments, Fevers, Stomach, Stomach
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Lincoln to Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle – September 28, 1729
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Date: September 28, 1729
Author: Lincoln
Recipient: Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4076
Folio: f. 161
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Transcription
Fol. 161
All the children have been out of order, this last week, but are now pretty well again; Lady Lucy, has had, the St Anthony’s fire in her arm; and a little fever in it, but is now quite well again, she was let blood, and tooke some physick, which has carry’d it, quite off. Harry and Lady Anne have have both had a purging ever since they came here, and indeed have had something of it, even on the road, but for this week past, it was to a great degree, and frightened me, tho’ Harry has never been in the least ill with it, so I think is not at all alter’d with it, tho’ t’as been so long upon him and I send for a Dr to them who told me it was a common effect of change of air, and was partly occasion’d by my having let them eat too much in their journey, and that t’was very happy it took that run, he has given them some little things, that have abated it, and agree with them. Harry’s is now very little and he is [ ] find Ly Anne is as gay as ever, but a good [line torn] before this looseness, she came into France. She hardly ever coughs and has no sort of fever and breaths well of nights, which she did not at home.
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Patient info
Name: N/A Harry
Gender:
Age:Child
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Description
Lady Anne had 'had a purging ever since they came here [Vigan]', the condition of which frightened Lady Lincoln, though he did not appear 'in the least ill with it...[nor] alter'd with it', despite the lingering nature of the illness.
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Diagnosis
A local Doctor thought the condition was due to 'a change of air' and overeating during their journey.
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
Ongoing Treatment:
Response: Doctor proscribed 'some little things' which abated their symptoms.
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Skin ailments, Fevers, Stomach, Stomach
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Levinus Vincent to Hans Sloane – June 7, 1725
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Date: June 7, 1725
Author: Levinus Vincent
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4048
Folio: ff. 1-2
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Vincent thanks Sloane for his favours. Many people come to see his cabinet in Haarlem. His age and feebleness prevent him from traveling to England to visit Sloane and view his cabinet. He discusses how difficult it is to procure curiosities. Dr Chirac, physician to the Duc d’Orleans and Director General of the Jardin du Roi, is one of Vincent’s primary contacts in France. Vincent can reach the King of France through Chirac. He offers his service to Sloane, claiming he can make it easier for Sloane to purchase curiosities in Europe.
Levinus Vincent (1658-1727) was Dutch damask merchant and Anabaptist. He was an avid collector of natural and man-made artifacts whose visitor book recorded 3,500 patrons, including Peter the Great. The contents of his collection were published in a catalogue entitled ‘Wonder Theatre of Nature’ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levinus_Vincent).
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Johann Georg Steigertahl to Hans Sloane – September 22, 1724
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Date: September 22, 1724
Author: Johann Georg Steigertahl
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4047
Folio: ff. 255-256
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The Duchess of Kendel thanks Sloane for taking care of the Comte de Lippe in Steigertahl’s absence. The King is well, as is Mr Hodges.
Johann Georg Steigertahl (1666-1740) was the personal physician to George I of England. He was a member of the Royal Society and secured the purchase of Engelbert Kaempfer’s collection of East Asian curiosities for Sir Hans Sloane in 1723 (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Georg_Steigerthal).
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Christopher Keon to Hans Sloane – March 16, 1723/24
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Date: March 16, 1723/24
Author: Christopher Keon
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4047
Folio: ff. 151-152
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Keon requests that Sloane speak with Lord Cadogan. Keon hopes the latter will offer a recommendation to help him secure a post with the ‘Comis’r of the Revenue in Ireland’.
Christopher Keon was a Land Surveyor in the Port of London.
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Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet to Hans Sloane – May 2, 1724
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Date: May 2, 1724
Author: Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4047
Folio: ff. 172-173
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Tufton recommends the bearer, a surgeon from Ashford, to Sloane. The man served Tufton for 20 years, but has been ill and fallen on hard times. Tufton asks Sloane to help him procure a place at Charter House and suggests Lord Pembroke might be able to help. He was worried when he heard that Sloane was sick.
Thomas Tufton (1644-1729), 6th Earl of Thanet, was a nobleman and politician. He served as Captain of the Troop of Horse, Member of Parliament for Appelby from 1668 to 1679, and was eventually invested as a Privy Councillor in 1702. He was Lord-Lieutenant of Cumberland from 1712 to 1714 (G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, ‘The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant’, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume III, page 297).
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Jacob Benignus Winslow to Hans Sloane – May 5, 1724
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Date: May 5, 1724
Author: Jacob Benignus Winslow
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4047
Folio: ff. 174-175
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[fol. 174]
Monsieur
N’ayant pas trouve Mr. Geoffroy avant hier a notre assemble ordinaire de l’Academie, pour lui demander une lettre a vous en faveur de M. Camfield, porteur de celle-cy, je profit de l’occasion d’avoir l’honneur de vous ecrire, tant pour marquer l’estime particulier que j’ay toujours en pour vous, que pour tacher de suppleer au defaut de la recommendation de Mr. Geoffroy. J’espere que vous aurez quelque egard au temoignage que je rends volontiers et avec justice de l’assiduite attentive de M. Camfield a mes exercices d’anatomie, et de son application a ce qui regarde sa profession. Je prieray Mr. Geoffroy de vous en remercier. Je voudrais trouver l’occasion de temoigner plus amplement, avec combien de consideration j’ay l’honneur d’etre
Monsieur
Votre tres humble et tres
obeissant serviteur Winslow
à Paris le 5. May. 1724.
Winslow recommends the bearer, Monsieur Camfield. Monsieur Geffroy was not at the last meeting of l’Academie des sciences, so Camfield had to rely on Winslow for a letter of recommendation. Winslow hopes Sloane is aware of his work in anatomy.
Jacob Benignus Winslow (1669-1760) was a Danish-born anatomist. He settled in France, became a naturalized citizen, converted to Catholicism, and was appointed Professor of Anatomy at the Jardin du Roi in Paris (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_B._Winslow).
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John Burnet to Hans Sloane – July 17, 1724
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Date: July 17, 1724
Author: John Burnet
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4047
Folio: ff. 198-199
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Burnet is curious as to why he has not received word from Sloane. Edmond Halley has not responded to a letter from Burnet’s friend. He requests that Sloane return the quadrant by the Royal George with ‘Mess’rs Rigby & Pratter at Jamaica’. Burnet wants to send curiosities to Sloane. He asks for new books and pamphlets.
John Burnet worked for the South Sea Company in the West Indies and later served as the Physician to King Philip V of Spain.
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Étienne François Geoffroy to Hans Sloane – August 16, 1724
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Date: August 16, 1724
Author: Étienne François Geoffroy
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4047
Folio: ff. 216-217
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Language
French
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Collections, Medical, Patronage, Philosophical Transactions, Royal Society, Scholarship, Scientific, Social
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Subjects
Academie des sciences, Cabinet, Curiosities, Diseases, Inoculation, Memoires de l'Academie, Paris, Recommendations, Smallpox
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Date (as written)
August 16, 1724
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
a Paris
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Others mentioned
Milard Barkley Duc d'Orleans
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Patients mentioned
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Delisle, an astronomer at the Academie des sciences, is the bearer. Geoffroy has been busy with his medical practice and could not write earlier. He asks that Sloane show his cabinet to Delisle and take him to Royal Society meetings. He thanks Sloane for sending the Philosophical Transactions and observations on smallpox inoculation. Geoffroy sends the latest Memoires de l’academie. Several important persons in France have been inoculated over the past year. He describes the cases in detail. He also discusses the most common diseases in Paris. The Duc d’Orleans died. Milard Barkley purchased a notable remedy and published its recipe. Geoffroy is waiting impatiently for the second volume of Sloane’s Natural History of Jamaica.
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).