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Samuel Haliday to Hans Sloane – August 27, 1717
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Date: August 27, 1717
Author: Samuel Haliday
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4045
Folio: ff. 40-41
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Haliday informs Sloane that leaving Geneva did not delay the execution his task. Sloane’s nephew William is in good health. Haliday did everything he could to introduce him to ‘men of Sense, Vertue, and Honour’.
Haliday was a minister who studied in Glasgow and Leiden before being ordained in Geneva, Switzerland (A. D. G. Steers, Haliday , Samuel (16851739), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2005 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/11930, accessed 28 June 2011]).
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A. Moore to Hans Sloane – June 3, 1720
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Date: June 3, 1720
Author: A. Moore
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4076
Folio: f. 84
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Fol. 84
I thank God, by yr good advice I am recover’d of my late complaint, but con’t still very weak; and should be glad if you cou’d think of anything that wou’d give me strength for in the condition I am in am a burden to my self, for I gett very little rest and when I do, it doth not refresh me, I have a little stomach, but am afraid what I eat doth not turn to nourishment, for if it did, I think I shou’d grow stronger. I believe I shall not be well till I take steel again, but whether that is proper, must be left to yr better judgement, I shou’d be glad to see you when you have time to come so far, and though ’tis impossible for me ever to return the favour I ask, or those I have received, I desire you to believe, they shall allways be gratefully acknowledg’d by…
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John Chamberlayne to Hans Sloane – June 23, 1718
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Date: June 23, 1718
Author: John Chamberlayne
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4045
Folio: f. 123
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[fol. 123] Petty France 23 June 1718
Honor’d Sr
The Secretary of the Dutch Embassador came to me some days ago, and desired to acquaint you of a Curiosity at the House of one of his Friends Mr Vernath in Ax yard in king-street Westm’r Tis 2 Pictures that put me in mind of Ovid’s Fable of that Famous Witch that cut an old Man all to pieces, boyl’d his Limbs, and brought out the Caldron a Fine, young Whole Man, thus by the help of a Steel Cilinder placed in a certain point of the set Pictures that by themselves appear to be nothing but confused strokes of a Pencil, you have a Beautiful Cupid and Venus, of whom one Fable represents the Fore- and tother the Back-parts. If they be worth your seeing, please to make use of Mr Bertins Name, or even that of Sr your most humble servant John Chamberlayne
John Chamberlayne was a translator and editor specializing in modern languages which he studied at the University of Leiden. He translated works on many topics, was a fellow of the Royal Society, and published three works in the Philsophical Transactions (Reavley Gair, Chamberlayne, John (1668/91723), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2009 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/5060, accessed 30 May 2011]).
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John Hough to Hans Sloane – July 16, 1716
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Date: July 16, 1716
Author: John Hough
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4076
Folio: f. 3
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Fol. 3
I have received the favour of yr letter, and propose very soon to enter into ye course you direct. I vomit easily and have no obligation to that part of your reason, and with Gods blessing I intend to go through with ye whole: but I leave offe my pepper with some reluctancy because I cannot conceive how it should hurt (but rather help) a phlegmatic cough; as I know mine to be. However I have taken none since you forbad it, nor shall I meddle with it any more. This swelling of my legs and ankles abates, I never have any thirst upon me unless I dine upon meats that are very salty or highly seasoned and even then, a glass more than ordinary contents me. A quart of liquids in ye day has sufficed me for many years and I seldom drink so much, so that I can easily bear any inhibition of that kind. I go to stool regularly once in ye day, and make water as I used to do, but I have been observ’d for about 2 months last past that my water has been a little higher colour’d than ordinary the quality as usual and now Sir I have given you as particular an account of myself as I know how to do, and for my health I refer it to your care and Gods blessing, I am…
John Hough was the President of Magdalen College, Oxford and the Bishop of Worcester. He published several anti-Catholic pamphlets during his career (Julian Lock, Hough, John (16511743), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/13862, accessed 14 June 2011]).
Patient Details
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Name: N/A John Hough
Gender:
Age:John Hough was born of April 12, 1651 and was therefore 65 years old at the time of writing.
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Description
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Diagnosis
Phlegmatic cough; urine 'a little higher colour'd' than usual.
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
Ongoing Treatment: Forbidden to consume pepper
Response: Swelling of ankles and legs abating; no thirst; bowel movements are regular; urinates without pain.
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Coughs, Hydropsy, Urinary
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Richard Bradley to Hans Sloane – June 23, 1722
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Date: June 23, 1722
Author: Richard Bradley
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4046
Folio: f. 251
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Language
English
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Library
British Library
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Categories
Patronage, Scholarship, Social, Trade or Commodities, Travel
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Subjects
Books, Booksellers, Botany, Debts, Engravings, Gardens
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Date (as written)
June 23, 1722
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
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Others mentioned
Sherard Charles du Bois
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Patients mentioned
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[fol. 251] Sr Since the Unfortunate Affair at Kensington whereby I lost all my Substance, My Expectations and my friends I have Endeavourd to support my self at the publick Expence, and the publick have been so good Natured to give me sufficient support & Enable me to pay about two hundred pounds debt besides what I have lost by booksellers which would have done at much more. I shall for a little while continue to publish some monthly papers as farr as they related to the Explaining of Queries proposed in the former months & to help me in the mean time to conclude a work so Vexatious as following the press I have the care of the Enclosed work which I may Gain two Eight parts for the books which I can gett subscribed and I hope such of My Acquaintance as are Curious will Give their Assistance. I have about twenty plates Engraved for the third & fourth Decades of succulent plants & am promis’d the Assistance of Mr. Du Bois & Mr. Sherard I have some friends at Court who do not care I should go abroad tho my Inclinations are for it, Even into the Most Dangerous country; but to live upon Expectations at home is as bad as it can be to venture ones Life among Savages abroad; but to free my Self from both these I would Chuse to have a Garden of Experiments for General use, Such as I should have Accomplisht if I had not had the Kensington Misfortune & by that means I might gain an Improving Settlement and I hope do my Country some Service without restraint of Booksellers. This Sr I submit to your consideration & humbly beg your Advice I am Sr
Your Most Obedient humb Servt
R Bradley
Saterday June 23 1722
Richard Bradley (1688?-1732) was a scientific author, Fellow of the Royal Society, and Professor of Botany at Cambridge (Frank N. Egerton, “Bradley, Richard (1688?-1732)”, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2005 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/3189, accessed 10 Nov 2012]).
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Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle to Hans Sloane – July 26, 1724
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Date: July 26, 1724
Author: Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4076
Folio: f. 154
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Fol. 154
You will not wonder that I am in the utmost concern for my poor friend the Bishop of Chichester whose life is of such consequence to my own private affaires, as [well] as to the pulpit. I doubt by all ye accounts and especially by Dr Bouchici’s letter, that his case is very desperate, and it is plain he has been very ill advised. I must therefore entreat you to go down to Chichester tomorrow early in the morning, and you may very well return to London early on Tuesday morn, I should not give this matter (which I know must be inconvenient to you), if there was not ye utmost necessity which therefore I hope you will not deny, all ye requests of…
Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne and 1st Duke of Newcastle under Lyme, served Sir Robert Walpole for over 20 years and became Prime Minister in the 1750s (Reed Browning, Holles, Thomas Pelham-, duke of Newcastle upon Tyne and first duke of Newcastle under Lyme (16931768), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2011 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/21801, accessed 17 July 2013]).
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Christian Lyttelton to Hans Sloane – December 23rd
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Date: December 23rd
Author: Christian Lyttelton
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4076
Folio: ff. 60-61
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f. 60
Sr. according to your advice I had resolv’d to go to
the Bath but Mollys illness prevented me and when
She (by your help) She was out of danger the Season
was too far advanc^’^d to think of it, but I dn’t
[missing word here]e Bath Water here a bottle a day, and I thought
I was Stronger and every way better they agreed
So well with me but since Nov. last I begun
to have many feverish complaints so I fear’d I
Should have a Fever as I have had twice since
this Fine Twelvemonth, in July I was let blood
which has made me the more unwilling to bleed
this winter. for these des disorders I am extreamly
lean & may Spirits weak tho I thank God I am
very cheerful & freer from Vapours than I was last
winter, a month ago It was the time with me and I was
better then usual of the Stoppages & had them very
(60v)
moderately ^but^ I was clear only two days and then they
return’d again upon me a little, I took an Infusion
of the Bark in red Port wine with Cochineal &
Cinnamon, wch I’ve taken before and it agreed with
me, I found no alteration only I observ’d I had them
more one day then another wch I thought Should my
fererish disorder infermitt’d I had the misfortune
to catch a violent Cold a week ago and that has
made me weak & distracts me a Night I sent to
my apothecary to let me blood, but he persuaded
me to defer it for he said he found no fullness
by my Pulse and he believ’d this Evacuation wou’d
prevent my having a fever tis now a Month since
I’ve had this weakness hang upon me I have try’d
Bristol Water Claret & sirop of red Poppies but a week,
but find no difference as to that & ^now^ I want the Bath,
water to Strengthen me I forgot to tell you I took
a little of the Bitter (ye Same as you order’d for me wch
f. 61
never found heat me) with ye Bath water, and at
Monthly times & Asses Milk ^constantly^ with conserve of red Rose
[obliterated word]t, this is ye best account I am able to give of my
Self that you may judge of my Case I wish I was
n[partly obliterated word]t [not ?] at this distance from Sr. Hans who I have
[partly obliterated word]e [ye] greatest opinion of and assure you I am, most
sincerely
Your most Affnate
humble Servant
[Sloane note]: Vendsset. covt. Poru. Elect. balsane. laet. ascu.
Dec. ye 23d. C Lyttelton
Report on Bath. Delayed going because of Molly’s illness.
Christian Lyttelton was the daughter of Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 4th Bt. and Christian Temple. She married Thomas Pitt, son of Robert Pitt, and her married name became Pitt (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 II, page 504).
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Christian Lyttelton to Hans Sloane – August 24, n.d.
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Date: August 24, n.d.
Author: Christian Lyttelton
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4076
Folio: ff. 63-64
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(f. 63)
Sr I desire your opinion concerning the Bath wch Ive a mind to try this Season–I have bin much troubled with the Cholick I had last week a bad Fitt of it, (wch I will give you an acct of that you may judge ye bettr of my Case) it begun with somthing of the ripe, I took Diuscordium & Gasgn Puder which bound it up, & all Night I was in pain & had neither purging nor vomit but was reliev’d with Barth Water I’ve taken since Rhub an Laudanum wch has made me bettr but not quite free from pain and my Stomach I find is weaken’d tho my appetite is good again I try’d bath water abt ten days six weeks ago and they agreed very well with me but I got Cold (nursing my Children that were Innoculated) and I had a Fever with stiches & sore throat that shew’d my blood was much inflam’d last Ktmas
(f. 63v)
I had a Fever and ever since I’ve often feverish disorders in the Spring I had Pains all over me and especialy a violent pain in my Knees that held me above two Months ye Doct said it was occasiond by the Fever & I had very often a little purging upon me without being sick as or in pain wch I thought did me rather good then harm whether that was from ye fever ferment or somthing of the Cholick I dont know I’ve bin well of the Flux since the last Fever till this fitt of the Cholick I try’d abt a Pint of bath water since ye fever and it agreed with me my Phisician here thinks ye Bath woud be of great service for me for my Cholick but fears ye Journet and ye Water may be hurtfull to me in relation to my Fever and may occasion a return of it
(f. 64)
or induce a Hectick but I tell Doctor Grisham I think both my Fever and Cholick proceeds from a weakness in my Stomach and the bath may strengthen me & do good for both. we desire your determination and if you please to communicate your opinion to Doctor Grisham but directd to me I am good Sr Hans
your affnate
humbl Servant
C Lyttelton
pray direct to
Sr Tho: Lyttelton
at Hagley near Sturbridge
August ye 24th
I am pretty well now
the Monthly Time
Postmarked Birm. Intact red seal. Reference to children being inoculated and needing nursing.
Christian Lyttelton was the daughter of Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 4th Bt. and Christian Temple. She married Thomas Pitt, son of Robert Pitt, and her married name became Pitt (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 II, page 504).
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Christian Lyttelton to Hans Sloane – March 20th
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Date: March 20th
Author: Christian Lyttelton
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4076
Folio: ff.65-66
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f. 65
Sr.
The last time I had the pleasure to see you when I was
In Town I sent for you being then very ill of a
fit of the Cholick which brought a violent
Flux upon me, as soon as I was able I sett out
for WorecsterShire, I have labour’d under that
complaint almost ever since but by
great care kept it under I found good by
a Poast in Water, and taking your Powder,
but I must inform you I had a feverish disorder
that attend’d if which when it was intermitting
I got off by the Bark, a Month ago I had a
fever that Inflam’d my Lungs, bleeding and
(65v)
Bark took it off my illness, but ye pains in
my brest returning I resolv’d to drink Asses
Milk and when I begun it I believe the fever
was yet a little upon my Bowels which made
it have so terrible an effect as Doctor
Camerons Letter to you informs you, he has
made a mistake as to my taking Snaw Water
upon it for there was at least five ^hours^ distance
between them, as to Landamum, I assure you
I have kept my promise and never exceed’d
Fifteen Drops at night and morning and seldom
So much which ^cannot^ hinder the effect when necessary
I am advised to try the Bath in the latter
f. 66
Season that is so long that there is time to
consider about it but if good Sr Hans can
advise me to any method before to do me
Service I beg desire you will, I am as thin
as possible but thank God my Spirits keep up
wonderfully and I have no Histericks my
Blood was very good when they bloody’d in
this inlness, and I have some appetite.
i am regular as to the time, I am dear Sr
You most Oblig’d
Humble Servant
C. Lyttelton
Doct. Cameron has forbid all Milks,
Hayley March ye 20th
Christian Lyttelton was the daughter of Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 4th Bt. and Christian Temple. She married Thomas Pitt, son of Robert Pitt, and her married name became Pitt (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 II, page 504).
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John Chamberlayne to Hans Sloane – September 2, 1719
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Date: September 2, 1719
Author: John Chamberlayne
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4045
Folio: ff. 234-235
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Transcription
Chamberlayne no longer wants to be a member of the Royal Society. He was only supposed to serve as Leeuwenhoek’s interpreter, but stayed out of ‘vanity and curiosity’. He is quitting public life and wants to be released from his duties as Treasurer by ‘Michalmas’. Thereafter he wants Sloane to ‘consider [him] as Dead’.
John Chamberlayne was a translator and editor specializing in modern languages which he studied at the University of Leiden. He translated works on many topics, was a fellow of the Royal Society, and published three works in the Philsophical Transactions (Reavley Gair, Chamberlayne, John (1668/91723), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2009 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/5060, accessed 30 May 2011]).