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.

Letter from John Deverel [to the Royal Society]

Reference number: EL/D2/1

Date: 01 January 1720

Description

Observations of Richard Burt's knee, who had been thrown from his horse
John Deverel was a surgeon at Bristol and stated that this case was commonly mistaken for a fracture of the patella
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 31, no 365, p 44
Read to the Royal Society on 28 April 1720

Reference number
EL/D2/1
Earliest possible date
01 January 1720
Page extent
7 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

John Deverel

View page for John Deverel

Use this record

Citation

John Deverel, Letter from John Deverel [to the Royal Society], 01 January 1720, EL/D2/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_d2_1/letter-from-john-deverel-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 08 November 2025

Link to this record

Embed this record

<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/el_d2_1/letter-from-john-deverel-to-the-royal-society" title="Letter from John Deverel [to the Royal Society]" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>

Hierarchy

This item is part of:

Explore the collection

  • Early Letters

    The archival collection known as 'Early Letters' is composed of original manuscript letters sent to, or collected by, the Royal Society from English and foreign correspondents.

    Dates: 1613 - 1740

    View collection