Extract of a letter from a medical practitioner in Edinburgh, to a brother doctor in London [on Andrew Duncan, Senior, as golfer and archer, with an account of the Ludi Apollinares Edinenses, 1823].

Date:
1823]
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Credit: Extract of a letter from a medical practitioner in Edinburgh, to a brother doctor in London [on Andrew Duncan, Senior, as golfer and archer, with an account of the Ludi Apollinares Edinenses, 1823]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    EXTRACT of a LETTER from a Medical Practitioner in Edinburgh, to a Brother Doctor in London. .On Wednesday the 6th of August 1823, at the Commemoration of the Ludi Apol- linares of the ancient Romans, which are annual¬ ly celebrated on the Links of Leith, by the so¬ cial Sons of Medicine, of Music, and of Mirth, one of the most remarkable tilts, at the Scot¬ tish Game of Golf, which has occurred for many years, excited no inconsiderable admiration among numerous spectators. Dr Andrew Duncan senior, Father of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, now