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

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Collection contents

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 MuseumMS.7633
- Letters by SloaneMS.7633/1-3
  - Letter from Sloane to a member of the Academie de FranceMS.7633/2

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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

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