Letter, from Robert Sibbald to Hans Sloane, dated at Edinburgh
Reference number: EL/S2/10
Date: 21 June 1698

Description
Thanks Sloane for sending his catalogue of plants in Jamaica; sends a copy of 'Auctarium Musaii'; details of boy who after an accident voided bladder stones, some of which were sent to the Society; details of 70-year-old man who had bladder stones
Read to the Royal Society on 3 August 1698
- Reference number
- EL/S2/10
- Earliest possible date
- 21 June 1698
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Creator name
Sir; Robert Sibbald
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Sir; Robert Sibbald, Letter, from Robert Sibbald to Hans Sloane, dated at Edinburgh, 21 June 1698, EL/S2/10, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_s2_10/letter-from-robert-sibbald-to-hans-sloane-dated-at-edinburgh, accessed on 13 February 2025
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Hans Sloane
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