Skip to content

Please be aware that some material may contain words, descriptions or illustrations which will not reflect current scientific understanding and may be considered in today's context inaccurate, unethical, offensive or distressing.

The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Proposal, 'Prize. Proposed by the Academy of Surgery for the year 1742' by Michael Bermingham

Reference number: CLP/12ii/61

Date: 1740

Description

The proposal informs of the topic of the prize for 1740 - the determination of the different species of repercussives, their actions, and use in surgery - and informs that no one was selected as a winner in that year and that the Academy would like to propose the same prize for 1742. Note on reverse of proposal reads: 'Not to be enter'd'.

Subject: Surgery

Addressed to Doctor [Cromwell] Mortimar [Mortimer]. Read to the Royal Society on 29 January 1740.

Reference number
CLP/12ii/61
Earliest possible date
1740
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

Use this record

IIIF manifest

View​ IIIF ​ manifest Opens in new tab

Open in Mirador viewer Opens in new tab

Export this record

Download PDF Opens in new tab

Citation

Proposal, 'Prize. Proposed by the Academy of Surgery for the year 1742' by Michael Bermingham, 1740, CLP/12ii/61, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_12ii_61/proposal-prize-proposed-by-the-academy-of-surgery-for-the-year-1742-by-michael-bermingham, accessed on 04 December 2024

Link to this record

https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_12ii_61/proposal-prize-proposed-by-the-academy-of-surgery-for-the-year-1742-by-michael-bermingham

Embed this record

<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/clp_12ii_61/proposal-prize-proposed-by-the-academy-of-surgery-for-the-year-1742-by-michael-bermingham" title="Proposal, 'Prize. Proposed by the Academy of Surgery for the year 1742' by Michael Bermingham" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>

Hierarchy

This item is part of:

Related Fellows

Explore the collection

  • Classified Papers

    Dates: 1592-1741

    The 'Classified Papers' of the Royal Society are papers from British and international natural philosophers and scholars categorised according to subject areas.

    View collection