John Elliotson

Letters and prescriptions of John Elliotson MD (1791-1868), physician and mesmerism pioneer.

1833-1862

13 items

Purchased from: Stevens, London, September 1930 (acc.56412 and 73169) and September 1932 (acc.89090); Sotheby's, London, February 1931 (acc.56320) and April 1932 (acc.65129); Glendining, London, January 1935 (acc.67947); E.Hall, Gravesend, circa January 1965 (acc.311503); Jarndyce, London, March 2000 (acc. 351457). Provenance details of no.9 not recorded (acc.67430). No accession details of nos.3, 5-6 and 12 recorded.

For the most part this material was formerly held in the Western Manuscripts Department's Autograph Letters Sequence.

Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts.