Shrimpton, Charles (fl. 1845-1870), English doctor based in France

Correspondence (in French, apart from nos. 13-15 which are in English), dating from Shrimpton's service in Algeria and from the Siege of Paris.

1845-1870

16 items

Nos.1-14 purchased from Glending, London, August 1932 (acc.67693). Nos 15-16 purchased from Sotheby's, London, December 1999 (acc.1159).

Shrimpton served as a doctor in the French army for 15 years. He spent time in the French forces in Algeria and appears to have been based for a time at Sétif. Subsequently he was surgeon to the English Hospital in Paris, from its foundation onwards. He was the author of Cholera: its seat, nature, and treatment (London: J. Churchill, 1866).

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