Letter 3503

René Jacques Croissant de Garengeot to Hans Sloane – September 17, 1728


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Date: September 17, 1728
Author: René Jacques Croissant de Garengeot
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4049
Folio: ff. 237-238



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Garengeot writes on behalf of the bearer, Charles Denis. He is a surgeon who plans on establishing himself in London. Garengeot hopes that Sloane will accept an anatomical book he authored. It is his fourth publication. Some of his works have been translated into English. His second book is on surgery and his third is on the anatomy of humans and dogs. He hopes to become a member of the Royal Society. René Jacques Croissant de Garengeot (1688-1759) was a French surgeon. He was Surgeon-Major of the Régiment du Roy and the Physician-in-Ordinary of the Roi au Châtelet. Garengeot was a member of l’Académie de chirurgie de Paris and the Royal Society (http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/René-Jacques_Croissant_de_Garengeot).




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