Wright, Richard (1739-1786)

Annotated copy, interleaved, of Boerhaave's 'Aphorismi de cognoscendis et curandis morbis'. Leyden: J. van der Linden. 1715. Commentator's holograph MS. Some of the annotations are in the form of prescriptions, and are in Latin throughout.

c. 1775

1 volume

The writer of these notes obtained his M.D. at Cambridge in 1773 having been elected F.R.S. in 1767. He was physician to St. George's Hospital, London from 1769 to his death, and F.R.C.P. in 1775.

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).

Armorial engraved book-plate of the commentator, lettered: 'Rich. Wright M.D. Coll. Regal. Med. London. Soc. et S.R.S.'