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Richard Middleton Massey to Hans Sloane – April 10, 1705
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Date: April 10, 1705
Author: Richard Middleton Massey
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: ff. 22-23
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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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Name: N/A Local Tradesman
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Went to bed well at 10; woke up at 12 with a violent pain in the left side of his head. The pain went away when a 'corrosive liquor' erupted from his ear, staining his face and hands 'exactly as the aqua fortis had been painted on them'. The side of his chin is swollen, and his ear is yellow.
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Corrosive Eruption, Swelling, Pain, Ears
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Verney to Hans Sloane – April 17, 1705
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Date: April 17, 1705
Author: Verney
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: ff. 24-25
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Constable and Verney were given a clutch of Chameleon’s eggs by a Paduan professor. The eggs were sent with an English merchant so nothing would happen to them. They hatch like a common lizard’s eggs.
John Constable was the Grand Duke of Tuscany’s physician.
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Richard Middleton Massey to Hans Sloane – September 4, 1706
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Date: September 4, 1706
Author: Richard Middleton Massey
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: ff. 214-215
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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 – July 4, 1705
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Date: July 4, 1705
Author: Richard Middleton Massey
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: f. 51
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Massey has collected plant specimens, but he does not know which specimens are rare. He has preserved some for Sloane and Petiver. Massey lists fossils he has collected and describes the ruins of the Abbey of Crowland. He asks that Wanley or Hickes translate the inscriptions from the church’s pillars.
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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William Fisher to Hans Sloane – September 19, 1705
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Date: September 19, 1705
Author: William Fisher
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: f. 65
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Fisher asks Sloane to send his ‘comands by ye first post’. He apologizes for not having been able to leave sooner. He will be ‘att portsmouth till ye sixt instant’. The ship is being prepared for its voyage.
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Richard Middleton Massey to Hans Sloane – October 29, 1705
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Date: October 29, 1705
Author: Richard Middleton Massey
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: f. 84
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Massey forwards the enclosed, which was sent from Holland. The author was unsure how to direct it to Sloane. Massey sends some fossils, requests a number of books, and asks for a little microscope. In his next letter, he will describe the tailed worm and its metamorphosis. He will send for the latest Philosophical Transactions.
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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G. Bruen to Hans Sloane – November 23, 1705
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Date: November 23, 1705
Author: G. Bruen
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: f. 93
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G. Bruen was Chaplain to Sir Samuel Barnardiston, Baronet.
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Patrick Dun to Hans Sloane – January 26, 1705/06
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Date: January 26, 1705/06
Author: Patrick Dun
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: ff. 124-125
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Dun and Cummying have a petitioned the House of Commons, seeking the pay they are entitled to for military service in Ireland.
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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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
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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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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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Name: Lady Ardglass
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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