Letter, from Gilbert Blane, to [Alexander Copland] Hutchison, dated at Sackville St.

Reference number: HS/4/159

Date: 28 February 1830

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Blane began his attendance on the Sick and Hurt Board in August 1895, the Chairman had made a proposal for the supply of [lemon] juice a few months prior, as he has stated in his published works. Refers to the voyage of 'HMS Suffolk' to India and diseases in the seamen.

Reference number: HS/4/159
Earliest possible date: 28 February 1830
Page extent: 4 pages
Format: Manuscript

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Gilbert Blane

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Gilbert Blane, Letter, from Gilbert Blane, to [Alexander Copland] Hutchison, dated at Sackville St., 28 February 1830, HS/4/159, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_159/letter-from-gilbert-blane-to-alexander-copland-hutchison-dated-at-sackville-st, accessed on 25 June 2025

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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 4 Beckedorff-Bullan
1817-1871 Reference number: HS/4

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