Dated letters by Orfila, mainly autograph and signed

Date:
1816-1852
Reference:
MS.7375/1-189
Part of:
Orfila, Mathieu Joseph (Matheo José) Bonaventure (1787-1853), Minorca-born chemist and toxicologist
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Description

Correspondents include the surgeon Jean Zuléma Amussat (1796-1856) (no.48), the meteorologist Dominique François Jean Arago (1786-1853) (no.69), the physician and medical writer Gilbert Breschet (1784-1848) (no.13), either the anatomist Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772-1844) or the zoologist Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1805-1861) (no.120); others mentioned include the physician and anatomist Antoine Portal (1742-1832) (no.5).

Publication/Creation

1816-1852

Physical description

189 items

Finding aids

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

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