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
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
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.