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Translation of a letter, 'Sir Hans Sloane's letter to the Marquis de Caumont, concerning this stone' by Hans Sloane

Reference number: CLP/12ii/58

Date: 1730s

Description

Sloane responds to a letter from the Marquis de Caumont [Joseph de Seytres] with his observations on bladder stones passed by patients and bladder stones in his collection of curiosities. Engraved figure of bladder stones attached.

Subject: Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Pr. R. S. his answer to the Marquis de Caumont's letter, concerning this stone'.

Translated from Latin by Tho [Thomas] Stack. Read to the Royal Society on 18 March 1735.

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CLP/12ii/58
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1730s
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6 pages
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Hans Sloane

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Hans Sloane, Translation of a letter, 'Sir Hans Sloane's letter to the Marquis de Caumont, concerning this stone' by Hans Sloane, 1730s, CLP/12ii/58, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_12ii_58/translation-of-a-letter-sir-hans-sloanes-letter-to-the-marquis-de-caumont-concerning-this-stone-by-hans-sloane, accessed on 13 October 2024

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