Letter 4531

Jean Claude Adrien Helvétius to Hans Sloane – August 11, 1732


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Date: August 11, 1732
Author: Jean Claude Adrien Helvétius
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4052
Folio: ff. 160-161



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Helvetius discusses medical remedies in detail. Jean Claude Adrien Helvetius (1685-1755) was first physician to Marie Leszczynska, Queen of France, and physician to the Duc d’Orléans. He came from a family of prominent physicians (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Adrien_Helvétius).




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