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

Letter, 'A dripping needle' from J Lorimer to John Pringle

Reference number: L&P/6/81

Date: 13 September 1774

Description

Subject: Medicine

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Description of a new Dipping-needle. By Mr. J. Lorimer, of Pensacola, in a letter to Sir John Pringle, Bart. P.R.S'

Read 2 February 1775

Reference number
L&P/6/81
Earliest possible date
13 September 1774
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
17 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

Letter, 'A dripping needle' from J Lorimer to John Pringle, 13 September 1774, L&P/6/81, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_81/letter-a-dripping-needle-from-j-lorimer-to-john-pringle, accessed on 13 February 2026

Link to this record

https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_81/letter-a-dripping-needle-from-j-lorimer-to-john-pringle

Embed this record

<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/l-and-p_6_81/letter-a-dripping-needle-from-j-lorimer-to-john-pringle" title="Letter, 'A dripping needle' from J Lorimer to John Pringle" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>

Related Publications

Hierarchy

This item is part of:

Related Fellows

Explore the collection

  • Letters and Papers

    'Letters and Papers' contains the scientific correspondence sent to the Royal Society through the 18th century, many of which were published in its journal.

    Dates: 1741 - 1806

    View collection