Letter 1435

Giorgio (Gjuro) Baglivi to Hans Sloane – January 27, 1705


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Date: January 27, 1705
Author: Giorgio (Gjuro) Baglivi
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4039
Folio: ff. 428-429



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Robinson and Franckland have delivered Sloane’s letters to Baglivi. He thanks Sloane and the Royal Society for their interest in his work and offers to send a new treatise on eye diseases. Giorgio (Gjuro) Baglivi (1668-1707) was an Italian physician and scientist. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1698. His published works on human anatomy were popular (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gjuro_Baglivi).




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