Copy of a letter, on the history of cataracts from Walthier [Rhaeti?] to J J [Johann Jakob] Scheuchzer
Reference number: CLP/12ii/38
Date: 1720s
Description
Copy of a letter from Walthier regarding his history of cataracts. Includes a decorative floral figure in text.
Subject: Medicine
Read to the Royal Society on 22 February 1727.
Waltheri Rhaeti's letter to J Woolhouse on the same subject is printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 35, no 399, p 315.
- Reference number
- CLP/12ii/38
- Earliest possible date
- 1720s
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Copy of a letter, on the history of cataracts from Walthier [Rhaeti?] to J J [Johann Jakob] Scheuchzer, 1720s, CLP/12ii/38, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_12ii_38/copy-of-a-letter-on-the-history-of-cataracts-from-walthier-rhaeti-to-j-j-johann-jakob-scheuchzer, accessed on 19 May 2025
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