Richard Middleton Massey to Hans Sloane – November 9, 1713
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Date: November 9, 1713 Author: Richard Middleton Massey Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4043 Folio: f. 207
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English
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British Library, London
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Collections, Medical, Scientific, Trade or Commodities
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Books, Botany, Egypt, Gardens, Pharmaceuticals, Seeds, Specimens
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November 9, 1713
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Wisbech
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Jacob Bobart John Thorpe
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Massey describes how useful ‘the leaves of the Agrimonia odorata Park. CB. Col.’ are in treating patients. He writes that ’tis the onely pectoral drink I prescribe’. He hopes to send a sample to Sloane. Bobart gave Massey the seed for his Egyptian plant. Massey includes a list of books he would like to procure. Richard Middleton Massey (1678-1743) attended Brasenose College, Oxford but left before obtaining a degree. In 1706 he was admitted Extra-Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians and settled in Wisbech where he practiced medicine. Massey was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1712. He compiled the catalogue of the library of the Royal College of Physicians in 1727 (http://munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk/Biography/Details/2969).
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