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Peter Hotton to Hans Sloane – August 2, 1707
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Date: August 2, 1707
Author: Peter Hotton
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: ff. 4-5
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Hotton had sent letters on the 16th of the previous month, one of which was to Nathaniel Wickham, along with a treatise by Eustachi. Hotton thanks Sloane for the generous gift of his Jamaican treatise: ‘Voyage to the islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers, and Jamaica, with the natural history of the last of those islands’. He will send the other two copies to France when he gets the opportunity. H. Wetsteijn, a bookseller at Amsterdam, is preparing a work on Aurelian by Theodorus Janssonius van Almeloveen, Professor at Harderwijk, in the Netherlands. Wetsteijn wants to know if Sloane, or one of his acquaintances, would like to join with him in publishing it.
Peter Hotton (1648-1709), also known as Petrus Houttuyn, was Professor of Botany and Medicine at Leiden University. He supervised the university’s botanic gardens (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrus_Houttuyn).
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George Bere to Hans Sloane – June 1, 1717
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Date: June 1, 1717
Author: George Bere
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4045
Folio: ff. 5-6
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Bere forwards an advertisement for the auction of a considerable collection of books in Leiden. He advises that Dr Jurin may be interested in purchasing the lot, for he is now in Amsterdam. Bere will wait for instructions from Sloane.
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Pierre de Falaiseau to Hans Sloane – September 9, 1707
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Date: September 9, 1707
Author: Pierre de Falaiseau
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: ff. 18-19
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De Falaiseau praises Sloane and briefly discusses scholarship.
Pierre de Falaiseau was a Huguenot refugee and diplomat. He represented Brandenburg from the 1680s in Sweden, France, and England (Daniel Riches, Protestant Cosmopolitanism and Diplomatic Culture: Brandenburg-Swedish Relations in the Seventeenth Century (Leiden: Brill, 2013), 228 ff.).
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Jacob Serenius to Hans Sloane – December 8, 1730
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Date: December 8, 1730
Author: Jacob Serenius
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4051
Folio: ff. 139-140
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Collections, Patronage, Royal Society, Scholarship
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Subjects
Books, Dictionary, Fellowship, Meteorology, Recommendations, Sweden
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Date (as written)
December 8, 1730
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Princes Square
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Others mentioned
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Patients mentioned
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Serenius offers a set of books and meteorological observations from Sweden. He sends a sample of a Swedish-English dictionary he is working on. Serenius asks Sloane to accept a letter from Mr Triewald, who wants to become a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Jacob Serenius (1700-1776) was the Bishop of Strengnäs in Sweden. He served as a Lutheran pastor to a congregation in London between 1728 to 1735 (http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Serenius).
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Herman Boerhaave to Hans Sloane – December 14, 1711
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Date: December 14, 1711
Author: Herman Boerhaave
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4043
Folio: ff. 12-13
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Dr Stuart, the bearer, has a good reputation. Boerhaave recommends him to Sloane. He asks that Sloane use his influence to secure a position for Stuart.
Herman Boerhaave was a Dutch physician, botanist, and humanist famous for his teaching at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Leiden. He was a fellow of the Academie des sciences and the Royal Society (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Boerhaave).
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Matthew Gregory to Hans Sloane – October 27, 1713
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Date: October 27, 1713
Author: Matthew Gregory
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4043
Folio: f. 199
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Gregory explains that he did not write earlier because nothing worthwhile occurred while he was in Paris. He is now in Leiden attending Boerhaave’s lectures.
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Herman Boerhaave to Hans Sloane – June 7, 1726
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Date: June 7, 1726
Author: Herman Boerhaave
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4048
Folio: ff. 162-163
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Herman Boerhaave was a Dutch physician, botanist, and humanist famous for his teaching at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Leiden. He was a fellow of the Academie des sciences and the Royal Society (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Boerhaave).
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William Plowden to Hans Sloane – February 2, 1723/24
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Date: February 2, 1723/24
Author: William Plowden
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4047
Folio: f. 124
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Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: Mrs. Plowden
Gender:
Age:
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Description
She has been ill for three weeks; 'husky coughs'; shortness of breath; swollen stomach; 'great pains all over'; 'high vapors'; fever.
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Diagnosis
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
Ongoing Treatment: Mr Sambach is her physician.
Response:
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Bedwetting, Urinary, Fevers, Stomach, Shortness of Breath, Vapours, Inflammations, Pain, Coughs
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William Plowden to Hans Sloane – February 2, 1723/24
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Date: February 2, 1723/24
Author: William Plowden
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4047
Folio: f. 124
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Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: N/A John Plowden
Gender:
Age:
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Description
She has been ill for three weeks; 'husky coughs'; shortness of breath; swollen stomach; 'great pains all over'; 'high vapors'; fever.
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Diagnosis
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
Ongoing Treatment: Mr Sambach is her physician.
Response:
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Bedwetting, Urinary, Fevers, Stomach, Shortness of Breath, Vapours, Inflammations, Pain, Coughs
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R. Stephens to Hans Sloane – March 5, 1724
Item info
Date: March 5, 1724
Author: R. Stephens
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4047
Folio: ff. 143-144
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R. Stephens was a physician.