Wellcome Historical Medical Society selected letters, 1731-1871, relating to American medicine

Mss.509.W44

Date: 1731-1871 | Size: 0.25 Linear feet, 71 photocopies

Abstract

These letters, from the Wellcome Historical Medical Society's collections, are on a variety of topics, primarily natural history and medicine.

Collection Information

Physical description

71 photocopies.

Provenance

Received by Wellcome Historical Medical Library through Whitfield J. Bell and accessioned, 1965 (1965 161ph).

Location of originals:

Originals in Wellcome Historical Medical Library, London,

Other finding aids

Table of contents available.

Early American History Note

This manuscript collection falls outside the geographic scope of the Early American guide (British North America and the United States before 1840). It may be of interest to scholars interested in global history, international relations, imperialism, or the U.S. in the world.

Indexing Terms


Genre(s)

  • Microfilm Collection

Personal Name(s)

  • Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873
  • Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815
  • Blumenbach, Johann Friedrich, 1752-1840
  • Bonaparte, Charles Lucian, 1803-1857
  • Boscovich, Ruggero Giuseppe, 1711-1787
  • Collinson, Peter, 1694-1768
  • Cooper, Thomas, 1759-1839
  • Coxe, John Redman, 1773-1864
  • Cutler, Manasseh, 1742-1823
  • Duhamel du Monceau, M., 1700-1782
  • Forster, Johann Reinhold, 1729-1798
  • Hosack, David, 1769-1835
  • Michaux, Francois André, 1770-1855
  • Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826
  • Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859
  • Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
  • Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813

Subject(s)

  • Medicine -- England -- London.
  • Natural history.