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John Ray to Hans Sloane – August 10, 1698
Item info
Date: August 10, 1698
Author: John Ray
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: f. 108
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Transcription
Ray has enclosed his latest work on the ‘Supplement to Dendrology’ for Sloane to read and edit.
Ray was a theologian and naturalist who collected and catalogued his botanical findings in the much lauded Historia plantarum (1686, 1688) (Scott Mandelbrote, Ray , John (16271705), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2005 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/23203, accessed 18 June 2013]).
Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: N/A John Ray
Gender:
Age:Recently pubescent
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Description
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Diagnosis
Legs and feet swollen; to the point where in the afternoons and evenings, she could not walk.
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
Ongoing Treatment: A poultice of oatmeal is being applied 2 or 3 times, on the advice of a 'gentleman' who happened to stop by.
Response:
-
More information
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Medical problem reference
Leg sores, Skin ailments, Pain, Injuries (includes wounds, sores, bruises)
Posted on August 2, 2016 by -
John Ray to Hans Sloane – August 10, 1698
Item info
Date: August 10, 1698
Author: John Ray
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: f. 108
Original Page
Transcription
Ray has enclosed his latest work on the ‘Supplement to Dendrology’ for Sloane to read and edit.
Ray was a theologian and naturalist who collected and catalogued his botanical findings in the much lauded Historia plantarum (1686, 1688) (Scott Mandelbrote, Ray , John (16271705), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2005 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/23203, accessed 18 June 2013]).
Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: Miss. Ray (John Ray's Daughter)
Gender:
Age:Recently pubescent
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Description
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Diagnosis
Legs and feet swollen; to the point where in the afternoons and evenings, she could not walk.
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
Ongoing Treatment: A poultice of oatmeal is being applied 2 or 3 times, on the advice of a 'gentleman' who happened to stop by.
Response:
-
More information
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Medical problem reference
Leg sores, Skin ailments, Pain, Injuries (includes wounds, sores, bruises)
Posted on August 2, 2016 by -
John Ray to Hans Sloane – August 10, 1698
Item info
Date: August 10, 1698
Author: John Ray
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: f. 108
Original Page
Transcription
Ray has enclosed his latest work on the ‘Supplement to Dendrology’ for Sloane to read and edit.
Ray was a theologian and naturalist who collected and catalogued his botanical findings in the much lauded Historia plantarum (1686, 1688) (Scott Mandelbrote, Ray , John (16271705), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2005 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/23203, accessed 18 June 2013]).
Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: N/A John Ray
Gender:
Age:71 years old
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Description
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Diagnosis
Painful, hot, sores on Ray's legs, which are 'spreading, increasing, and growing very deep', as well as running profusely.
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
Ongoing Treatment:
Response:
-
More information
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Medical problem reference
Leg sores, Skin ailments, Pain, Injuries (includes wounds, sores, bruises)
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John Ray to Hans Sloane – August 10, 1698
Item info
Date: August 10, 1698
Author: John Ray
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: f. 108
Original Page
Transcription
Ray has enclosed his latest work on the ‘Supplement to Dendrology’ for Sloane to read and edit.
Ray was a theologian and naturalist who collected and catalogued his botanical findings in the much lauded Historia plantarum (1686, 1688) (Scott Mandelbrote, Ray , John (16271705), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2005 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/23203, accessed 18 June 2013]).
Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: Miss. Ray (John Ray's Daughter)
Gender:
Age:71 years old
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Description
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Diagnosis
Painful, hot, sores on Ray's legs, which are 'spreading, increasing, and growing very deep', as well as running profusely.
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
Ongoing Treatment:
Response:
-
More information
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Medical problem reference
Leg sores, Skin ailments, Pain, Injuries (includes wounds, sores, bruises)
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Jacob Bobart to Hans Sloane – April 24, 1693
Item info
Date: April 24, 1693
Author: Jacob Bobart
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036
Folio: f. 148
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Transcription
Bobart sent Sloane a packet of seeds last week by the carrier Mr More ‘to the saracens heard on Snow-hill’. He looked over Sloane’s list and sent what he could. Bobart includes a list of seeds he supposes Sloane possesses and a list of the ‘Plants now sent’ to Sloane.
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]).
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Jacob Bobart to Hans Sloane – August 14, 1689
Item info
Date: August 14, 1689
Author: Jacob Bobart
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036
Folio: ff. 55-56
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Bobart welcomes Sloane back to England and praises his contributions to botany. He claims Sloane has ‘enriched our Country and made more additions then ever Sr W. Rawley or 100 more of the best have done’ and will be remembered for it. Many new plants have been domesticated in England because of Sloane’s work. Bobart is glad Sloane and his cargo made it home safely. He hopes the opportunity to study so many plants is not wasted, for ‘we may never againe have opportunitie of haveing the least sense of’ them.
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]).
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Jacob Bobart to Hans Sloane – April 23, 1699
Item info
Date: April 23, 1699
Author: Jacob Bobart
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 256-257
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Library, Patronage, Royal Society, Scholarship, Trade or Commodities
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Subjects
Books, Catalogues, Coins, Debt, Gardens, Libraries, Oxford, Seeds
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Date (as written)
April 23, 1699
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Oxon
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Others mentioned
Thomas Hyde Joseph Pitton de Tournefort Mrs Morison
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Patients mentioned
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Transcription
Bobart thanks Sloane for not reprimanding him for the money he still owes for the books provided to his college’s library. He is glad the Royal Society was pleased with his work on seeds. Bobart discusses the new beds he has made for seeds from the East and West Indies. He will send the books Sloane requested. He discusses the Arabic coin shown to Thomas Hyde. Bobart has not seen Tournefort’s ‘Parisian Catalogue yet’.
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]).
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Jacob Bobart to Hans Sloane – May 9, 1699
Item info
Date: May 9, 1699
Author: Jacob Bobart
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 265-266
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Library, Material Culture, Patronage, Scientific
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Subjects
Books, Libraries, Medals, Plants, Seeds, Specimens
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Date (as written)
May 9, 1699
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Oxon
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Others mentioned
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Patients mentioned
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Transcription
Bobart discusses the delivery of books to Oxford’s Public Library. He sends ‘inclosed [an] illegeable medall, wch they can make nothing of’. Bobart has planted the seeds and tells Sloane that he will keep him updated on their progress. A list of twenty-one specimens is included. E.g. ‘5. Carnavumata. Datura.” and “41. Distivere. Au Haruiala?’
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 12, 2019 by Emma Seeley -
Jacobus Theodorus Klein (b. 15 August 1685 d. 27 February 1759) was a German botanist, historian, jurist, mathematician, zoologist, paleontologist and diplomat in service of August II of Poland. In 1718 he set up a botanical garden and built up his natural history collection including fossils.
Reference:
Armin Geus, ‘Klein, Jacob Theodor’ (1977), <https://www.deutschebiographie.de/sfz41363.html#ndbcontent_zitierweise>. German biography, <https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/home>, [accessed 12 March 2019].
Dates: to
Occupation: Unknown
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Robert Southwell to Hans Sloane – July 20, 1699
Item info
Date: July 20, 1699
Author: Robert Southwell
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 304-305
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Transcription
Southwell waited on John Somers, the President of the Royal Society, and will wait on Sloane as well. He offers his services to both men. Sloane may also call on him to discuss the Royal Society’s activities: ‘for we must concern what his Lordship discoursed with great candour and affection towards the Society.’
Sir Robert Southwell was a diplomat and government official. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1662, and was elected president from 1690 to 1695 (Toby Barnard, Southwell, Sir Robert (16351702), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/26066, accessed 19 June 2013]).