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John Morton to Hans Sloane – July 21, 1711
Item info
Date: July 21, 1711
Author: John Morton
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042
Folio: ff. 325-326
Original Page
Transcription
Morton’s entire family has come down with smallpox. Mr Vandergucht engraved ‘the Natural Curiosities’ for him.
John Morton was a naturalist who was in correspondence with Sloane from roughly 1703 to 1716. Morton contributed nearly one thousand specimens (fossils, shells, bones, teeth, minerals, rocks, man-made artifacts, etc.) to Sloane’s collection (Yolanda Foote, Morton, John (16711726), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2010 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/19364, accessed 2 July 2013]).
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Richard Richardson to Hans Sloane – September 2, 1730
Item info
Date: September 2, 1730
Author: Richard Richardson
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4051
Folio: ff. 91-92
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Collections, Medical, Scholarship, Scientific, Social
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Subjects
Books, Cattle, Chelsea Physic Garden, Environmental Degradation, Epidemics, Medicines, Mineral Waters, Recipes, Smallpox
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Date (as written)
September 2, 1730
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
North Bierley
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Others mentioned
Philip Miller
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Patients mentioned
Horton (Son of William Horton)
Original Page
Transcription
Richardson thanks Sloane for the books and mentions several he would like to procure. He has received no word from Mr Miller, though he was told that Chelsea Physic Garden is thriving. Richardson has compiled a list of all plants growing above ground. He will send the list to Mr Miller. Richardson discusses the contamination of water in Halifax and the means employed to cure the cattle who got sick drinking it. He relays the recipe for the medicine that was used. Smallpox is becoming a problem.
Richardson was a physician and botanist who traveled widely in England, Wales, and Scotland in search of rare specimens. He corresponded and exchanged plants with many well-known botanists and naturalists (W. P. Courtney, Richardson, Richard (16631741), rev. Peter Davis, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2010 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/23576, accessed 31 May 2011]).
Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: Mr. Horton (Son of William Horton)
Gender:
Age:
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Description
The child's symptoms are 'favourable'.
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Diagnosis
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Treatment
Previous Treatment: Purged a few times. Dr Nettleton and Richardson treated the child.
Ongoing Treatment:
Response: Shortly after being treated Horton's symptoms worsened for a few days and two weeks later he was in a bad way. His hands twitched and gripings developed in his feet. The boy died on the fifteenth day.
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Death, Smallpox, Unspecified
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James Cuninghame to Hans Sloane – January 4, 1708/09
Item info
Date: January 4, 1708/09
Author: James Cuninghame
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: f. 265
Original Page
Transcription
[fol. 265]
Kind Sir
Having latelie arrivel here
in the Ship Anna Capt Nelly Comdr, & being now at a
considerable distance from the Sd Ship, Im obligd at
present to send you one emptie Letter contrarie to my
usual custome, for which shall endeavour to make you one
amends, being in expectation of overtaking this advice
& therefor shall not need to add further, but desire to
be heartilie remembrd to all our worthy Friends, &
to own myself to be with all respect & sinceritie,
Worthy Sire
Your most obliged
&
most Humble Sert
Calcutta
Janrie. 4th. 1708/9.
James Cuninghame (fl. 1698-1709) became a member of the Royal Society in 1699. He traveled the world as a trader and collected information, plant specimens, and curiosities until his death in 1709 (Gordon Goodwin, Cuninghame , James (fl. 16981709), rev. D. J. Mabberley, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Sept 2010 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6922, accessed 24 June 2013]).
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Richard Richardson to Hans Sloane – September 2, 1730
Item info
Date: September 2, 1730
Author: Richard Richardson
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4051
Folio: ff. 91-92
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Collections, Medical, Scholarship, Scientific, Social
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Subjects
Books, Cattle, Chelsea Physic Garden, Environmental Degradation, Epidemics, Medicines, Mineral Waters, Recipes, Smallpox
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Date (as written)
September 2, 1730
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
North Bierley
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Others mentioned
Philip Miller
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Patients mentioned
Horton (Son of William Horton)
Original Page
Transcription
Richardson thanks Sloane for the books and mentions several he would like to procure. He has received no word from Mr Miller, though he was told that Chelsea Physic Garden is thriving. Richardson has compiled a list of all plants growing above ground. He will send the list to Mr Miller. Richardson discusses the contamination of water in Halifax and the means employed to cure the cattle who got sick drinking it. He relays the recipe for the medicine that was used. Smallpox is becoming a problem.
Richardson was a physician and botanist who traveled widely in England, Wales, and Scotland in search of rare specimens. He corresponded and exchanged plants with many well-known botanists and naturalists (W. P. Courtney, Richardson, Richard (16631741), rev. Peter Davis, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2010 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/23576, accessed 31 May 2011]).
Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: Mr. Horton (Son of William Horton)
Gender:
Age:
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Description
Watson returned to Yorkshire and 'appears to me to be perfectly wel in all respects'. Watson's mother reported an affliction in her hand.
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Diagnosis
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Treatment
Previous Treatment: Richardson gave her a prescription and sent her to 'the Cold Bath at Huxley'. Watson's surgeon prescribed waters too.
Ongoing Treatment: Watson's mother is to send her to a boarding school to continue treatment.
Response:
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Death, Smallpox, Unspecified
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Richard Richardson to Hans Sloane – September 2, 1730
Item info
Date: September 2, 1730
Author: Richard Richardson
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4051
Folio: ff. 91-92
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Collections, Medical, Scholarship, Scientific, Social
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Subjects
Books, Cattle, Chelsea Physic Garden, Environmental Degradation, Epidemics, Medicines, Mineral Waters, Recipes, Smallpox
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Date (as written)
September 2, 1730
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
North Bierley
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Others mentioned
Philip Miller
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Patients mentioned
Watson
Original Page
Transcription
Richardson thanks Sloane for the books and mentions several he would like to procure. He has received no word from Mr Miller, though he was told that Chelsea Physic Garden is thriving. Richardson has compiled a list of all plants growing above ground. He will send the list to Mr Miller. Richardson discusses the contamination of water in Halifax and the means employed to cure the cattle who got sick drinking it. He relays the recipe for the medicine that was used. Smallpox is becoming a problem.
Richardson was a physician and botanist who traveled widely in England, Wales, and Scotland in search of rare specimens. He corresponded and exchanged plants with many well-known botanists and naturalists (W. P. Courtney, Richardson, Richard (16631741), rev. Peter Davis, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2010 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/23576, accessed 31 May 2011]).
Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: Miss. Watson
Gender:
Age:
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Description
Watson returned to Yorkshire and 'appears to me to be perfectly wel in all respects'. Watson's mother reported an affliction in her hand.
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Diagnosis
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Treatment
Previous Treatment: Richardson gave her a prescription and sent her to 'the Cold Bath at Huxley'. Watson's surgeon prescribed waters too.
Ongoing Treatment: Watson's mother is to send her to a boarding school to continue treatment.
Response:
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Death, Smallpox, Unspecified
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William Sherard to Hans Sloane – July 10, 1711
Item info
Date: July 10, 1711
Author: William Sherard
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042
Folio: ff. 315-316
Original Page
Transcription
Sherard tells Sloane of a Jesuit priest, Father Goree, who allowed him to use ‘his observatory […] near Santorina’. He is having some papers published in France that may be of interest to Sloane. The papers were previously presented to the Marquis de Feriot, Ambassador to ‘ye Porte’ (Ottomans).
Sherard was a botanist and cataloguer. He worked for the Turkish Company at Smyrna where he collected botanical specimens and antiques (D. E. Allen, Sherard, William (16591728), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/25355, accessed 24 June 2011]).
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John Morton to Hans Sloane – July 21, 1711
Item info
Date: July 21, 1711
Author: John Morton
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042
Folio: ff. 325-326
Original Page
Transcription
Morton’s entire family has come down with smallpox. Mr Vandergucht engraved ‘the Natural Curiosities’ for him.
John Morton was a naturalist who was in correspondence with Sloane from roughly 1703 to 1716. Morton contributed nearly one thousand specimens (fossils, shells, bones, teeth, minerals, rocks, man-made artifacts, etc.) to Sloane’s collection (Yolanda Foote, Morton, John (16711726), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2010 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/19364, accessed 2 July 2013]).
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Benjamin Holloway to Hans Sloane – April 14, 1730
Item info
Date: April 14, 1730
Author: Benjamin Holloway
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4051
Folio: ff. 19-20
Original Page
Transcription
[fol. 19] Midleton-Stony Ap. 14. 1730. Honrd Sr Since I wrote to ye las I have had occasion to alter my Purpose as to my sons place of Education: He will not come to London, by wch Means also my Journey thither will be deferrd for some time, unless yu think my Presence necessary sooner on Account of my Requests to ye Society in wch case I will wait on you according to your order I am with great Respect Sr Your Obedient Humble Servant B. Holloway. P.S. I trust yu woud be so good as to look over my Papers before yu laid them before ye Society, & if if any thing was incorrectly expressd, to amend it.
Benjamin Holloway (1690/91-1759) was a Church of England Clergyman and religious controversialist. He provided evidence to support the geological theories of John Woodward, which were published in the Philosophical Transaction. In 1723, with Sir Hans Sloane’s support, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. Holloway published many books on religious topics (Scott Mandelbrote, Holloway, Benjamin (1690/911759), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/13572, accessed 25 July 2013]).
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Benjamin Holloway to Hans Sloane – March 18, 1729/30
Item info
Date: March 18, 1729/30
Author: Benjamin Holloway
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4050
Folio: ff. 294-295
Original Page
Transcription
Holloway has long wanted to send an account authored by Heddington Pitt, of Oxford, to Sloane and the Royal Society. He forwards critical notes with the account. Dr Woodward informed Holloway that those members of the Royal Society who cannot attend the weekly meetings have their fees remitted. Holloway hopes that he qualifies for the remittance. He is unable to wait on Sloane or attend Royal Society meetings because of his business affairs. Holloway is coming to London soon to help his son settle for school. He will wait on Sloane when he is London and asks for confirmation that his letter arrived.
Benjamin Holloway (1690/91-1759) was a Church of England Clergyman and religious controversialist. He provided evidence to support the geological theories of John Woodward, which were published in the Philosophical Transaction. In 1723, with Sir Hans Sloane’s support, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. Holloway published many books on religious topics (Scott Mandelbrote, Holloway, Benjamin (1690/911759), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/13572, accessed 25 July 2013]).
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John Morton to Hans Sloane – July 21, 1711
Item info
Date: July 21, 1711
Author: John Morton
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042
Folio: ff. 325-326
Original Page
Transcription
Morton’s entire family has come down with smallpox. Mr Vandergucht engraved ‘the Natural Curiosities’ for him.
John Morton was a naturalist who was in correspondence with Sloane from roughly 1703 to 1716. Morton contributed nearly one thousand specimens (fossils, shells, bones, teeth, minerals, rocks, man-made artifacts, etc.) to Sloane’s collection (Yolanda Foote, Morton, John (16711726), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2010 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/19364, accessed 2 July 2013]).