Letters to Whytt from various persons
- Date:
- 1757-1765
- Reference:
- MS.6868
- Part of:
- Whytt, Robert (1714-1766), F.R.S., Professor of Medicine at Edinburgh University and President of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Letters to Robert Whytt from various persons, with one draft reply by Whytt, and associated case-notes and prescriptions.
Many of the letters are from fellow professionals, seeking Whytt's advice on patients: these correspondents include George Cleghorn (1716-1789), Ebenezer Gilchrist (1707-1774) and James Vaughan (1740-1813).
A few items are from family members, notably Robert Melville (1723-1809) F.R.S.
Publication/Creation
1757-1765
Physical description
24 items
Finding aids
Described in typescript supplements, by Christopher Hilton and Richard Aspin, to the Library's published finding aids.
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