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C. Palmer to Hans Sloane – June 18, 1720
Item info
Date: June 18, 1720
Author: C. Palmer
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4076
Folio: f. 216
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Fol. 216
By your advice I hope to have good health my stomacks good and sleep well but frequently hath a dizziness takes me across my forehead; but it soone goes off; I use the perpetual blister which hath its effect but my issues difficult to keep in order; they be very apt to dry; have blooded three times since I left London; the blood not good but better than it was; though callous; I drank for a week spaw water it not agreed with me being apt to effect my head; my body is in good temper and I live temperate and regular in all accounts. I shall be obliged to you if you will advice [sic] how to correct [] blood it is my ailment; every morning I drink [as]ses milk: my wife desires your advice she complains of pain in her head and if she [] short of breath and hath long had a greate heate in her water and sweld within her body: she is told Bristoll waters would doe her service but will waite your direction if you think any waters proper for either of us be pleased to let me know…
Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: Mrs. Palmer
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Age:
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Description
The patient has been suffering from dizziness; his sleep was undisturbed as was his digestion. He described his body as being 'in good temper', and that he 'lived temperate and regular in all accounts'. The patient believed that the condition of his blood was the source of his ailment.
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Diagnosis
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Treatment
Previous Treatment: The patient had recently been blooded three times. He also drank spaw waters, but discontinued the practice after a week because they adversely affected his head.
Ongoing Treatment: The patient took assess milk every morning.
Response:
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Head, Urinary, Shortness of breath, Dizziness, Blood
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Richard Patrickson to Hans Sloane – Aug-26
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Date: Aug-26
Author: Richard Patrickson
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4076
Folio: f. 222
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Transcription
Fol. 222
I am extreamly sorry that I could not come last night according to my promiss and hope ye will pardon me; I desire ye will send yr man in ye morning with a Bottle of ye same water I had first from you ye… is consum’d.
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John Povey to Hans Sloane – August 12, 1711
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Date: August 12, 1711
Author: John Povey
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4076
Folio: f. 260
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George Bennis to Hans Sloane – September 27, 1698
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Date: September 27, 1698
Author: George Bennis
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: f. 129
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Transcription
Bennis has waited on Sloane a few times, but has not had the opportunity to see him. As such, he leaves ‘the fungus’ and root along with this letter. He is departing for Ireland – he is a resident of Dublin – and is sorry he has not been able to kiss Sloane’s hand before his departure. He asks for any commands Sloane can think of and for his letters to be sent to the Dublin post office.
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William Vernon to Hans Sloane – May 23, 1699
Item info
Date: May 23, 1699
Author: William Vernon
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: f. 274
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Collections, Patronage, Royal Society, Travel
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Subjects
Canary Islands, Collecting, Curiosities, Plants, Specimens, Subscriptions, Temple Club
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Date (as written)
May 23, 1699
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
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Others mentioned
Adam Buddle Patrick Adair
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Patients mentioned
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Vernon has not been able to find a ship bound for the Canary Islands. He thinks it is too late in the year to travel there and will collect what specimens he can in the meantime. There are 4 or 5 curiosities he hopes worthy of Sloane’s inspection. He shall communicate his thoughts on them soon. Vernon will send any curiosities he finds to the Royal Society for its museum. He offers his services to ‘that honourable club at the Temple.’
William Vernon was a Fellow of Peter House, Cambridge.
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D. Cumming to Hans Sloane – May 30, 1699
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Date: May 30, 1699
Author: D. Cumming
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 279-280
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Transcription
Cumming thanks Sloane for the letter he sent.
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James Wallace to Hans Sloane – August 22, 1699
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Date: August 22, 1699
Author: James Wallace
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 317-318
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Wallace comments on the Philosophical Transactions kept at the Temple Coffeehouse. He has some papers he wants Sloane to read.
James Wallace was a physician.
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William Hobbs to Hans Sloane – July 16, 1709
Item info
Date: July 16, 1709
Author: William Hobbs
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042
Folio: f. 13
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Collections, Philosophical Transactions, Royal Society, Scholarship, Scientific
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Subjects
Geology, Oceanography, Papers, Publishing, Shells, Specimens
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Date (as written)
July 16, 1709
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Near ye Bear Inn in Weymouth
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Others mentioned
Sir Isaac Newton
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Patients mentioned
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Hobbs thanks Sloane for letting him know that the papers he left with Sir Isaac Newton were registered with the Royal Society. He would like to know if the paper has been accepted or rejected by the Society. He conveys three points vis-a-vis the paper: (1) perhaps another author could prove the rocks would dissolve; (2) ‘That the Moon is not the cause of the Flowing of the ocean’; (3) that the earth’s rotation ‘is the principle cause of the Trade Windes Monsoons &c.’ Hobbs apologizes for potentially contradicting other commentators. He writes of his experience in examining shells and how they came to lie on the shore in relation to the ocean’s tides. He sends ‘3 or 4 minnerall Impressions’ of interest.
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Bennet Sherard to Hans Sloane – October 5, 1723
Item info
Date: October 5, 1723
Author: Bennet Sherard
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4047
Folio: ff. 61-62
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Bennet Sherard (1677-1732), 1st Earl of Harborough, was the son of Bennet Sherard, 2nd Baron Sherard, and Elizabeth Christopher (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 491).
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Edward Hancocke to Hans Sloane – June 18, 1703
Item info
Date: June 18, 1703
Author: Edward Hancocke
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4039
Folio: f. 150
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Transcription
Fol. 150
From on Board the Richardson Gally
Riding in dirty mouth bay nere
Dartmoth June the 18th 1703
I was honoured with yours on ye 13th Instant;
we tailed abought 2 howers after I had reced yours; so
Could not possibely writ to you befor now; I most humbly
thank you for your Good wishes; for my helth and
Prosperity. I hartily wish you the like: I must Confess
tis your skill & ingenious selfe yt my life and helth
are Debters: I shall be sure to follow your directions
for ye presarving of my helth; and in every thing
else that I Can be sarvisable to you in ye Country
whare I am Goeing you freely Command; & you will
… much obleige him who is.
Your Mos affectionate
friend & humble sarvant
Ed: Hancocke
Hancocke puts himself at Sloane’s service.