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Martin Martin

Scottish traveller

Born: c 1669

Died: 1718

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Hans Sloane

Physician and collector

Born: 16 April 1660

Died: 11 January 1753

Elected to the Royal Society Fellowship: 21/01/1685

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Martin Martin

Hans Sloane

Recounting strange events in the Isles of Sky and Harris eg about 'second sight', a cock that never crows, that oil of dogfish cures a cow's cough

Reference number: EL/M2/17