Herman Boerhaave to Hans Sloane – December 14, 1711
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Date: December 14, 1711 Author: Herman Boerhaave Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4043 Folio: ff. 12-13
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British Library, London
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December 14, 1711
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Leiden
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Alexander Stuart
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Dr Stuart, the bearer, has a good reputation. Boerhaave recommends him to Sloane. He asks that Sloane use his influence to secure a position for Stuart. Herman Boerhaave was a Dutch physician, botanist, and humanist famous for his teaching at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Leiden. He was a fellow of the Academie des sciences and the Royal Society (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Boerhaave).
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