Paper, 'The description of virtues and use of a certain bark called in French du chacuil and in Latin cortex elatherii done into English from the memoires of the Royal Academy of Sciences: with some observations relating to its history and a comparison between it and the cortex thuris' by Dr Douglass [James Douglas]
Reference number: CLP/10i/44
Date: 08 February 1722
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Douglass describes the virtues, use, and history of a bark called Cortex Elatherii [possibly from the barnadesia genus]. Translated from French.
Subject: Botany
Read to the Royal Society on 8 February 1722
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- CLP/10i/44
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- 08 February 1722
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- 15 pages
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James Douglas, Paper, 'The description of virtues and use of a certain bark called in French du chacuil and in Latin cortex elatherii done into English from the memoires of the Royal Academy of Sciences: with some observations relating to its history and a comparison between it and the cortex thuris' by Dr Douglass [James Douglas], 08 February 1722, CLP/10i/44, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_10i_44/paper-the-description-of-virtues-and-use-of-a-certain-bark-called-in-french-du-chacuil-and-in-latin-cortex-elatherii-done-into-english-from-the-memoires-of-the-royal-academy-of-sciences-with-some-observations-relating-to-its-history-and-a-comparison-between-it-and-the-cortex-thuris-by-dr-douglass-james-douglas, accessed on 18 April 2025
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