Paul Chamberlen to Hans Sloane – April 21, 1702
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Date: April 21, 1702 Author: Paul Chamberlen Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038 Folio: ff. 328-329
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British Library, London
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Medical, Patronage, Royal Society, Scientific
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Corpses, Embalming, Gresham College, Preservation, Recommendations
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April 21, 1702
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Mr Wilkins
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Chamberlen recommends the bearer, Mr Wilkins, for instances in which the Royal Society needs a corpse preserved for the repository at Gresham College. Chamberlen claims Wilkins is very skilled and even has one specimen that has aged 15 years without putrefaction. Paul Chamberlen was a quack doctor best known for the ‘anodyne necklace’ he sold to ease pain in childbirth. He had several high profile patrons including the Duchess of Hamilton (Helen King, Chamberlen family (per. c.1600c.1730), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/58754, accessed 27 June 2013]).
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