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Patrick Blair to Hans Sloane – February 17, 1707
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Date: February 17, 1707
Author: Patrick Blair
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: ff. 310-311
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Blair recommends Dr Lockhart, a student in surgery. He updates Sloane on his Society at Dundee. Blair is tending its garden and asks Sloane where he can procure more plants.
Patrick Blair was a botanist and surgeon whose papers were published in the Transactions. In 1715 Blair joined the Jacobite rebellion as a battle surgeon but was captured and condemned to death. He was visited by Sloane in prison in the hopes the latter might secure a pardon. Sloane was successful and the pardon arrived shortly before Blair’s scheduled execution (Anita Guerrini, Blair, Patrick (c.16801728), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/2568, accessed 31 May 2011]).
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Jacob Bobart to Hans Sloane – March 13, 1706/07
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Date: March 13, 1706/07
Author: Jacob Bobart
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: ff. 323-324
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Bobart thanks Sloane for the book. He will correct what he can and send any plants Sloane would like to examine.
Jacob Bobart (1641-1719) was a botanist and son of Jacob Bobart, the elder (c.1599-1680). He worked with his father at the Oxford Physic Garden for nearly 40 years (D. E. Allen, ‘Bobart, Jacob, the younger (1641–1719)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/2742, accessed 5 June 2015]).
Posted on March 14, 2017 by Amy Smith -
Kingsmill Eyre (1682-1743) was the Secretary of Chelsea Hospital, a post he secured in 1716 with the help of Robert Walpole. In 1718 he was appointed Secretary to the Commissioners of Chelsea College. Eyre designed Walpole’s garden at Houghton, Norfolk, and worked with William Wood on a method of making iron, which they patented in 1727. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1726.
Reference:
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsmill_Eyre [accessed 14 March 2017]).
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Occupation: Unknown
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Martin Martin to Hans Sloane – July 29, 1707
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Date: July 29, 1707
Author: Martin Martin
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: ff. 384-385
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The bearer has 20 books for Sloane, which are to be disposed of at the meeting. Martin is off to Windsor.
Martin studied medicine in Leiden and practiced as a doctor in Middlesex, England until his death in 1719 (Domhnall Uilleam Stibhart, Martin, Martin (d. 1718), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/18201, accessed 19 June 2013]).
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Charles Preston to Hans Sloane – August 5, 1707
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Date: August 5, 1707
Author: Charles Preston
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: ff. 8-9
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Preston encloses a letter of thanks from the Royal College of Physicians to Sloane and the Royal Society. He recommends Mr Lindsay, a student of medicine. Preston asks Sloane to send copies of all of the Philosophical Transactions published in the last year.
Preston was a physician and botanist who established a lengthy correspondence with Sloane, exchanging plants, seeds, books and information. His main interest was in botany, and was well-known by his contemporaries for his botanical knowledge (Anita Guerrini, Preston, Charles (16601711), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/47084, accessed 1 June 2011]).
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Anne Pierrepont to Hans Sloane – October 13, 1707
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Date: October 13, 1707
Author: Anne Pierrepont
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: ff. 40-41
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Anne Pierrepont (d. 1734/35) was the daughter of Robert Pierrepont and Anne Murray. She married Thomas Newport, 1st Baron Torrington some time after 1705 (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 XII/1, page 788).
Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: Miss. Pierrepont (Anne Pierrepont's Daughter)
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Description
Fell from a horse three months ago; bruised her shoulder and leg; shoulder healed well, but the leg was so bad she could not stand for two months. She was forced to lay in bed; has never complained of sickness or soreness; cheerful.
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Diagnosis
Six weeks ago her 'stomach went off'. She had pains in her back and hips and was sick and vomiting. The doctor believed it all stemmed from an accumulation of gravel from laying too long.
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Treatment
Previous Treatment: After falling from the horse a bonesetter was brought in and blood was let. When the patient's 'stomach went off' a purgative was administered. After that, the doctor blistered her.
Ongoing Treatment: Taking oatmeal with white wine or water gruel.
Response: Initial vomiting was no help; blistering led patient to void a great deal of red sand; nothing appears to have worked; pains and retching kept returning.
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Medical problem reference
Injuries (includes wounds, sores, bruises), Pain, Stomach
Posted on March 4, 2017 by Amy Smith -
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.
Reference:
G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, (eds), 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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Occupation: Unknown
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Posted on February 26, 2017 by Amy Smith -
Edward Watson, Viscount Sondes (d. 1722) was the son of Lewis Watson 1st Earl of Rockingham. He married Lady Katherine Tufton in 1708/9. Watson was Viscount Sondes from 1714 to his death in 1722.
Reference:
G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, (eds), 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 298.
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Occupation: Unknown
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William Derham to Hans Sloane – February 9, 1707/08
Item info
Date: February 9, 1707/08
Author: William Derham
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: ff. 106-107
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[fol. 107]
Dear Sr Upminster Feb 9 1707
I was the other day at Orset, where meet-
ing the Ld of the Mannour, He desired me to tell
you that your Tenant Culverwell had begun a
large Stout Ditch upon his Wast, which will be
a great annoyance to him by depriving him of
many Bushes on his Wast, yt are very profitable
at Orset where they are scarce, & will besides be
an ill Precedent to others. On which accounts
he had forbidden him to proceed with his
Ditch, till further Orders. The Lord demandeth
2 Guinneas for his Licence, which if you or Cul-
verwell will give him, he will consent to the
making the Ditch, else not. The Ditch is I think
very necessary, it fencing your Lands against
the High-way. I leave the consideration of the
matter to your self, & shall in what you order
be ready to shew my slef
Your much obliged humble servt
Wm Derham
Be pleased to let me
know whether you recd my account of
Sounds with my Packet of Lrs from Florence.
I return you with many thanks Sr Is: Newtons Principia, keep
Your Briggs & Bersellus a little longer, & beg the favour of you to lend
Me Bersellus de Motu Animalium, & Plinys Naal History for a
Little while. My humble service to yr Lady.
Derham was a Church of England clergyman and a natural philosopher, interested in nature, mathematics, and philosophy. He frequently requested medical advice from Sloane, and likely served as a physician to his family and parishioners (Marja Smolenaars, “Derham, William (1657-1735)”, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/7528, accessed 7 June 2011]).
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Samuel Haliday to Hans Sloane – March 19, 1715/16
Item info
Date: March 19, 1715/16
Author: Samuel Haliday
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4044
Folio: f. 142
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Haliday informs Sloane of his nephew’s travel plans. Monsieur le Clerc’s dissertation has been published as has a new treatise by the ‘The Society of Physicians at Geneva’.
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]).
