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William Houstoun (c. 1704-1733) was a botanist and physician. He was elected a member of the Académie des sciences in 1728. Houstoun worked as a surgeon for the South Sea Company from 1730 and collected plants in Jamaica and Cuba among other places.
Reference:
G. S. Boulger, ‘Houstoun, William (c.1704–1733)’, rev. D. E. Allen, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/13876 [accessed 27 Aug 2014]).
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Posted on January 20, 2017 by Tracey Cornish -
Sir Robert Eyre (b. 1666, d. 1735) was the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. He came from a long line of barristers, becoming one himself in 1690. His family had important interests in Salisbury, for which he became an MP (1698-1710).
Reference
David Lemmings, ‘Eyre, Sir Robert (1666–1735)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Sept 2015 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/9036, accessed 23 Jan 2017].
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Posted on April 14, 2017 by Amy Smith -
John Machin (bap. 1686?, d. 1751) was an astronomer. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1710 and served as its Secretary between 1718 and 1747. Machin was on the Royal Society committee that mediated Newton and Leibnitz’s dispute over the invention of calculus. Some of his mathematical work was published in the Philosophical Transactions.
Reference:
Anita McConnell, ‘Machin, John (bap. 1686?, d. 1751)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/17533 [accessed 19 Aug 2014]).
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Posted on August 2, 2016 by -
Samuel Dwight to Hans Sloane – November 21, 1721
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Date: November 21, 1721
Author: Samuel Dwight
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4046
Folio: ff. 150-151
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[fol. 151] Sir, Mr Osgood’s Child has taken Asses Milk 5 or 6 Days. But the last day she took it, she was so loose with it, that she was ready to faint. For wch reason her Mother would not suffer her to continue it. She can’t be prevail’d on to take the Electuary. She took it but once, and threw it up. After Bleeding, she was much better. And now is much stronger, than she was: tho when the Fever comes (which holds her about two Hours) she finds her self weaken’d. Her cough is a little abated; tho not quite gone. I am just now told by her Mother, that a whitish Slime comes now and then from her. Whether from an Apostem in the Neck of the Bladder, or from some other cause, I do not pretend to determine. But it gives her frequent Pains like those of the Strangury: And she vents but little Urine at a time. This at present is all the Account I can give of her. And since I have given yu thebest information I can, I hope yu will give yur farther Directions to Your most obedient humble servt Samuel Dwight Fulham Nov. 21 1721
Samuel Dwight was a physician and author. He wrote two medical treatises of note, one of which was dedicated to Sir Hans Sloane (Gordon Goodwin, Dwight, Samuel (16681737), rev. Michael Bevan, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/8339, accessed 16 July 2013]).
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Name: N/A Unnamed Child
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Description
The child suffered from loose stools, coughing, faintness, fever, weakness, unknown secretions, and pain.
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Treatment
Previous Treatment: The child took asses milk, an electuary, and was bled.
Ongoing Treatment:
Response: Bleeding provided some relief, while the asses milk led to faintness.
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Medical problem reference
Diarrhea, Coughs, Fevers, Pain, Fainting
Posted on August 2, 2016 by -
William Sherard to Hans Sloane – March 1, 1701/02
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Date: March 1, 1701/02
Author: William Sherard
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: ff. 308-309
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[fol. 308]
Dear Sr.
I thank you for yrs& ye Transactions, wch I since read. pray let me know what ye whole sett will cost & in how many volumes bound. I’me dest-ined by 2 correspondents to send them word. I shoud be glad to hear you have picked up any other of ye books my friend being ready to go for Paris you may print Sigre Dal Papas paper if you think fitt. we hear The London is ot of his place, her Grace has asked me abt it severall times but I know no-thing of it, if you can inform of ye reasons (for what reported here I’me sures false) of his be-ing discussed ye kings service, youll oblige me I abound daily in new seeds, but for want of a gardener & necassary convieniences (wch one woud think kindness be wanting here) shall give but a bad acct, of them. I’me sorry I have been at ye trouble & excuse of pro-curing of them but I shall tell you more of this
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wn I have ye hon. to see you, wch I hope will not be long, unless my Lady worries ter persists resolute to break ye match. I am Sr
yr most obliged humble servy
WSherard
Badmington
March 1- 1701
I expect every day a collection of plants from Paris for his Grace wn they come his greace will write to you (or order me) about them.
Pray here you meet ye Pliny de Monst Pinet du Norray & [?] I desire to know ye price of ye Transactions, unbound & bound Ime desir’d also to inform my self of a speci-fique Dr G. Hawey has for a consumption is there any such think as I remember he has writ a book in English about it.
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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Johann Georg Steigertahl to Hans Sloane – March 27, 1732
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Date: March 27, 1732
Author: Johann Georg Steigertahl
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4052
Folio: ff. 91-92
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Language
French
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Collections, Medical, Patronage, Philosophical Transactions, Scholarship, Travel
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Subjects
Cabinet, Curiosities, Journals, Recommendations, Weather
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Date (as written)
March 27, 1732
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Origin (as written)
Hannover
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Others mentioned
Mrs Steigertahl Wife Comte de Bothmer Mr Jager
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Hans Sloane
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Mrs Steigertahl is doing well and thanks Sloane for the ‘bon souvenir’. The carrier is Monsieur Pistorius, ‘Conseiller de la cour de Justice’ for ‘Mons. le Comte d’Erpach’. The latter was the son-in-law of the late ‘Mr. le Comte de Bothmer’. Pistorius’ writings have been published in Germany. He would like to view Sloane’s cabinet of curiosities. ‘Mons le Comte’ wants to see it too. Steigertahl thanks Sloane for sending the Philosophical Transactions with Mr Jäger. He received ‘les nouvelles literaires de Nürenberg’.
Johann Georg Steigertahl (1666-1740) was the personal physician to George I of England. He was a member of the Royal Society and secured the purchase of Engelbert Kaempfer’s collection of East Asian curiosities for Sir Hans Sloane in 1723 (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Georg_Steigerthal).
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Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon to Hans Sloane – January 31st 1733/4
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Date: January 31st 1733/4
Author: Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4053
Folio: f. 158
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Hyde writes to Sloane to inform him about receiving a letter about the Countess Boromeo being admitted to the Royal Society. Hyde has mentioned this matter to Mr. Coste and Mr. Cleland and several others who all agree that it is no more than a letter of complement to a stranger who had been acknowledged by men of her own country to have merit in the learned world and has been received into the Society of that nature, and he thinks it a great benefit to women. He adds that if Sloane wishes to talk about it to himself, Mr. Coste or Mr. Cleland, they will wait for him any evening Sloane pleases. However, Hyde believes that Sloane has probably had ample time to process the information and is of the opinion that it may be right to make the Lady the complement of putting her name upon the list. He would like Sloane to let him know when he will send her a letter, as he will transmit it for him.
Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon, was a politician who served as Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland under James II. He went into self-imposed exile to avoid arrest after falling on the wrong side of the Glorious Revolution (1688), but returned to parliamentary politics in the 1690s (W. A. Speck, Hyde, Henry, second earl of Clarendon (16381709), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2012 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/14329, accessed 9 July 2013]).
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Arthur Charlett to Hans Sloane – December 17, 1717
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Date: December 17, 1717
Author: Arthur Charlett
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4045
Folio: ff. 80-81
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Charlett received ‘a half dozen Almanacks’ as a gift. He complains of Mr Whiteside’s inability to move the holdings of the Museum ‘without injuring some Person, or crossing the Will of the Donor’.
The Trustees of the Museum acquired Dr Radcliffe’s collection.
Charlett was elected Master of University College at Oxford in 1692 and held that post until his death in 1722. Charlett used the mastership to gain influence, especially through persistent letter-writing to numerous correspondents, sharing the latest literary, political, and scholarly gossip (R. H. Darwall-Smith, ‘Charlett, Arthur (1655–1722)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/5158, accessed 10 Aug 2011]).
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William Sherard to Hans Sloane – September 22, 1701
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Date: September 22, 1701
Author: William Sherard
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: ff. 242-243
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Sherard writes regarding prints that were sent from Paris, which have yet to arrive in London. He asks Sloane to send them to him when they come. He lists all the people for whom the prints are intended. Sherard is off to Bath soon and mentions that ‘By a letter from Monsr. Vaillant I hear Dr Tournefort was at Constantinople Apr. 8th.’
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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Charles Bernard to Hans Sloane – December 16, 1696
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Date: December 16, 1696
Author: Charles Bernard
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036
Folio: f. 278
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Bernard asks Sloane to read over his paper before he submits it for publication with the Philosophical Transactions.
Charles Bernard (bap. 1652, d. 1710) was a surgeon, admitted a Freeman of the Barber-Surgeons’ Company in 1677. He was Assistant Surgeon at St Bartholomew’s Hospital from 1683 and Full Surgeon from 1686. Bernard served the Barber-Surgeons’ Company in an adminstrative capacity during the 1690s (Ian Lyle, ‘Bernard, Charles (bap. 1652, d. 1710)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/2238, accessed 23 July 2014]).
