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Paper, 'De usu corticis Peruviani ad gangraenam et sphacelum' [On the use of Peruvian bark to cure gangrene and 'sphacelum'] by Johanne Shipton

Reference number: CLP/14ii/46

Date: 1733

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Shipton shares several case studies of the use of Peruvian bark in curing sicknesses including fever and gangrene. Shipton also asserts that Peruvian bark has antihaemorrhagic properties.

Subject: Medicine / Haematology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'De usu corticis peruviani ad gangrenam & sphacelum'

Read to the Royal Society on 8 March 1733

Reference number
CLP/14ii/46
Earliest possible date
1733
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Ink on paper
Page extent
10 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'De usu corticis Peruviani ad gangraenam et sphacelum' [On the use of Peruvian bark to cure gangrene and 'sphacelum'] by Johanne Shipton, 1733, CLP/14ii/46, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_14ii_46/paper-de-usu-corticis-peruviani-ad-gangraenam-et-sphacelum-on-the-use-of-peruvian-bark-to-cure-gangrene-and-sphacelum-by-johanne-shipton, accessed on 12 July 2026

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