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Edw: Baynard to James Petiver – 12 at noon, Wensday
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Date: 12 at noon, Wensday
Author: Edw: Baynard
Recipient: James Petiver
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: MS 4066
Folio: f. 263
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Dear Sir
I desire you to be so kind, as to let
me see you to morrow morning at ten
a clock at this place, & to bring that
letter with you send from Dr. Blaine
(I thinke his name is) of Coupar in Angus
& you will oblige your humble servant
Edw: Baynard
Baynard requests a meeting with Mr. Petiver. Edward Baynard was a physician, poet, and Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. He was a proponent of cold balneotherapy (Mark S. R. Jenner, Baynard, Edward (1641?1717), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/1771, accessed 19 June 2013]).
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William Cockburn to Hans Sloane – June 11 1734
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Date: June 11 1734
Author: William Cockburn
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4053
Folio: f. 230
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Cockburn writes to Sloane about a letter he received yesterday from Sr Robert Bradshaigh, who will deliver something to Sloane. He speaks of Dr Maynard and the college of physicians, and how he is well established in Wegan.
William Cockburn was a physician who wrote works on the diseases of seamen and published in the Philosophical Transactions. He had a large medical practice and claimed to have a secret remedy for dysentery (Charles Creighton, Cockburn, William (16691739), rev. Anita Guerrini, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/5777, accessed 5 July 2013]).
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David Hartley to Hans Sloane – February 9th 1733/4
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Date: February 9th 1733/4
Author: David Hartley
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4053
Folio: f. 163
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Hartley writes to Sloane thanking him for his letter last year and would like to acquaint him with the success they had with an Inoculation. There were four persons who received the operation, one of which went through the distemper very well and is now (with the others) in perfect health. The town is now free of the infection for half a year and the account of people who died of it was no more than one in eleven.
David Hartley, (bap.1705, d.1757), philosopher and physician. Practiced medicine in Newark after obtaining a BA and MA from Jesus College, Cambridge. He was interested in inoculations for small pox and published on the controversial subject. (Richard C. Allen, ‘Hartley, David (bap. 1705, d. 1757)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/12494, accessed 14 Aug 2015])
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Rose Fuller to Hans Sloane – August 31, 1731
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Date: August 31, 1731
Author: Rose Fuller
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4052
Folio: ff. 1-2
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The man Fuller recommended to Sloane has not given him an update ‘wth regard to buying the books’. Fuller notes that this is not like him, for he is ‘a very honest and diligent young man’ and ‘buys for my Lord Bollingbroke’. Fuller discusses the book trade in detail.
Rose Fuller (1708-1777) was a politician, gun-founder and landowner. He was Sir Hans Sloane’s grandson. Fuller studied medicine at Cambridge from 1725 to 1728 and Leiden from 1729 to 1732 and went to Jamaica in 1733 to supervise the family estates. He served in the Jamaican assembly for some time before returning to England in 1755. Fuller was elected MP for Rye in 1768 (J. S. Hodgkinson, ‘Fuller family (per. c.1650–1803)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2005 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/47494, accessed 14 Aug 2014]).
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Ambrose Godfrey Sr. to Hans Sloane – April 12, 1731
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Date: April 12, 1731
Author: Ambrose Godfrey Sr.
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4051
Folio: f. 224
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Godfrey received a letter from Dr Neumann in Berlin asking why his paper was not published in the Philosophical Transactions. He is concerned that the Royal Society is not satisfied with his work. Godfrey received a letter from Hamburg, which is to go to Sloane or the Royal Society. He also received a letter from Sir Conrad Sprengell, which includes information designed for the Philosophical Transactions.
Ambrose Godfrey Sr. (1660-1741) was a chemist. He was first employed by Robert Boyle and went on to work at Apothecaries’ Hall. Godfrey analyzed the chemical properties of stones, waters, and other materials for Hans Sloane and the Royal Society. His work was published in the Philosophical Transactions from 1731 to 1736 (Lawrence M. Principe, Godfrey, Ambrose, the elder (16601741), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/10865, accessed 14 Aug 2013]).
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Rose Fuller to Hans Sloane – July 21, 1731
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Date: July 21, 1731
Author: Rose Fuller
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4051
Folio: ff. 278-279
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Sloane’s instructions arrived too late, as the auction had already taken place by the time the letter arrived. Fuller met an Englishman with ‘the Caracter of a very honest man’. He may be able to procure some of the books sold at auction. Fuller offers to send a ‘bill to ye Banker’ to pay for the books if Sloane finds his solution agreeable. Monsieur Richmond, who lives near the Parlement on ‘la rue St André des Arcs […] set out this afternoon for the low countries, and hope shortly to be in England’.
Rose Fuller (1708-1777) was a politician, gun-founder and landowner. He was Sir Hans Sloane’s grandson. Fuller studied medicine at Cambridge from 1725 to 1728 and Leiden from 1729 to 1732 and went to Jamaica in 1733 to supervise the family estates. He served in the Jamaican assembly for some time before returning to England in 1755. Fuller was elected MP for Rye in 1768 (J. S. Hodgkinson, ‘Fuller family (per. c.1650–1803)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2005 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/47494, accessed 14 Aug 2014]).
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John Ray to Hans Sloane – March 5, 1704
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Date: March 5, 1704
Author: John Ray
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4039
Folio: ff. 251-252
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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]).
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Name: N/A John Ray
Gender:
Age:76 years old.
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Description
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Diagnosis
The recipe Ray is discussing is an antiscorbutic prescribed for Ray's leg sores.
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
Ongoing Treatment: Ray writes Sloane with a correction regarding Thomas Millington's antiscoributic recipe: not all ingredients are to be boiled in the wort, only the dock-roots, with the herbs to be put in a bag and hung in the vessel afterwards. See: Sloane MS 4039 f. 280 for the entire recipe.
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Leg Sores, Skin ailments, Injuries (includes wounds, sores, bruises)
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Charles Leigh to Hans Sloane – November 16, 1701
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Date: November 16, 1701
Author: Charles Leigh
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: ff. 265-266
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Leigh has a small, but choice, collection for Sloane. His brother may be contacted at Squire’s Coffeehouse. Leigh will publish his Appendix at Christmas and asks Sloane to aid in the recruitment of subscribers.
Leigh was a physician and naturalist. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1685 (C. W. Sutton, Leigh, Charles (16621701?), rev. Michael Bevan, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2010 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/16377, accessed 25 June 2013]).
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John Hudson to Hans Sloane – October 19, 1701
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Date: October 19, 1701
Author: John Hudson
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: ff. 257-258
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Hudson returns Sloane’s catalogue, apologizing for his tardiness. He discusses the books in the catalogue and asks, on behalf of the Vice-Chancellor, for Sloane to lend the College books. He asks for Pliny’s Epistles, which were ‘not in the Norfolk-Library’.
John Hudson (1662-1719) was elected librarian of the Bodleian Library in 1701. He corresponded with numerous scholars and librarians, both in England and abroad (Theodor Harmsen, Hudson, John (16621719), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2013 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/14034, accessed 27 June 2013]).
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Richard Holland to Hans Sloane – May 24, 1726
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Date: May 24, 1726
Author: Richard Holland
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4048
Folio: ff. 158-159
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Holland discusses a conflict having to do with the book ‘Origin of Prescriptions’. Sloane is unsatisfied with the copy he received. Holland tries to convince him it is acceptable. He has dissuaded Mr Kent from taking ‘an action’ against Sloane.
Richard Holland was a physician and medical writer. He graduated MD in 1723 at St Catherine’s College, Cambridge. Holland was admitted a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1724, Censor in 1728, and a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1726. His book ‘Observations on the Small Pox’ was published in 1728. Holland died a bachelor in 1730 (Richard Holland (16881730): doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/13539, in Alan Cameron, Holland , John (16581721), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/13531, accessed 15 Aug 2013]).