Salter, W., Captain (fl. 1787)

Date:
1787
Reference:
MS.7544/12
Part of:
Miscellaneous: English, 18th century
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Description

1 autograph letter, signed, to a banker, mentioning an intention to be "electrified" as a treatment for deafness.

Publication/Creation

1787

Physical description

1 item

Biographical note

The surgeon John Birch (1745?-1815) was an advocate of the remedial use of electricity.

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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