Letter 2379

D- (A-) alias D- (R-) to Hans Sloane – March 14, 1719


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Date: March 14, 1719
Author: D- (A-) alias D- (R-)
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4045
Folio: f. 297



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The author informs Sloane of a recipe that takes ‘Care of fluxes’. It works on children and the elderly. ‘There is nothing of an opiate Quality in it.’ The author has reservations about revealing his identity and secret.




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