Letters from George Cleghorn
- Date:
- 18th Century
- Reference:
- MS.MSL.38
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
The manuscript contains a transcript of three letters, in Latin, from George Cleghorn (1716-1789) to John Fothergill (1712-1780).
Publication/Creation
18th Century
Physical description
60 folios 8vo. 19 × 12.5 cm. Original boards and parchment back. Bookplate of John Coakley Lettsom.
Biographical note
Cleghorn was surgeon to the 22nd (O'Farrell's) Regiment of Foot and went with them to Minorca, where he remained from 1737 to 1749. He corresponded with Fothergill, in Latin, mainly on the epidemic diseases of the island.
Finding aids
Described in: Warren R. Dawson, Manuscripta medica. A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the Library of the Medical Society of London (London, 1932).
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Location Status Access Closed stores