Letter from Sloane to a member of the Academie de France
- Date:
- 1699
- Reference:
- MS.7633/2
- Part of:
- Sloane, Sir Hans M.D., P.R.C.P., F.R.S., (1660-1753), physician, assembler of the collection that formed the nucleus of the British Museum
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
1 autograph letter, signed, from Sloane to a member of the Academie de France, discussing relations between the Academie and the Royal Society, use of acids in medicine (including description of a quack gout treatment), attempts to bait a tige with dogs and whether the tiger's saliva is venomous, and a whale stranded in the Thames.
Publication/Creation
1699
Physical description
1 letter
Finding aids
Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts