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Eric Benzelius to Hans Sloane – June 6, 1730
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Date: June 6, 1730
Author: Eric Benzelius
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4051
Folio: ff. 38-39
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Eric Benzelius the younger (1675-1743) was a Swedish priest, theologian, and librarian. He was Archbishop of Uppsala, Professor of Theology at the University of Uppsala, Librarian of the University of Uppsala, and the founder of Sweden’s first scientific periodical, the ‘Acta literaria Suecia’, which was published between 1720 and 1739 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Benzelius_the_younger).
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Browne Langrish to Hans Sloane – feb. 22.1734
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Date: feb. 22.1734
Author: Browne Langrish
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4054
Folio: f. 11
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Petersfield Feb. 22. 1734
Hon.d Sir,
I am infinitely obliged to you for your favourable opinion of my Treatise on Fevers, and am perfectly satisfied with your approbation without putting it into other Hands. your most excellent History of Jamaica I have by me & have read more than once with a vast deal of profit & pleasure, I doubt not but many expert Sugeons in London do open the Jugular in an Instant & without trying; but I am sure it is oftentimes quite otherwise in the Country, for I have many Times seen the Sick almost strangled before the operation halth been performed: to such people, therefore the Caution I have given may still be of service. I do not deny but bleeding in the neck or applying Leeches to the Temples may relieve the Head; but what I contend for is that it is not so advantageous in the beginning of Fevers as afterwords, & that the Benefit received is owing to Derivation & not Revination. I am extremely sorry, Sir, to hear you have been ill, & most sincerely wish you Health, which I am sure will be a Happiness to Mankind in general, & to all Lovers of Natural Knowledge in particular. I am, Hon.d Sir, yr most obliged and most humble servant
Browne Langrish
P.S. when you have done with mu MSS be pleased to send it to Mr. Betesworth a Bookseller at the Red. Lyon in Peter Noster Row
Browne Langrish (d. 1759) was a physician and medical author. In 1734 he became an extra licentiate of the College of Physicians and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. Langrish published works on general physic, stones, and smallpox (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browne_Langrish).
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Johann Jakob Scheuchzer to Hans Sloane – November 7, 1731
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Date: November 7, 1731
Author: Johann Jakob Scheuchzer
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4052
Folio: ff. 38-39
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Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672-1733) was a Swiss scholar and physician. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1703 and his work was published in the Philosophical Transactions. In 1708 his Itinera aplina tira was published in London. It was dedicated to the Royal Society. His largest project was the Itinera per Helvetiae alpines regions facta annis 1702-1711, dedicated to his travels and published in four volumes in 1723 at Leiden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Jakob_Scheuchzer).
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Johann Jakob Scheuchzer to Hans Sloane – November 6, 1731
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Date: November 6, 1731
Author: Johann Jakob Scheuchzer
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4052
Folio: ff. 36-37
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Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672-1733) was a Swiss scholar and physician. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1703 and his work was published in the Philosophical Transactions. In 1708 his Itinera aplina tira was published in London. It was dedicated to the Royal Society. His largest project was the Itinera per Helvetiae alpines regions facta annis 1702-1711, dedicated to his travels and published in four volumes in 1723 at Leiden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Jakob_Scheuchzer).
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Johann Jakob Scheuchzer to Hans Sloane – August 21, 1731
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Date: August 21, 1731
Author: Johann Jakob Scheuchzer
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4051
Folio: f. 309
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Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672-1733) was a Swiss scholar and physician. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1703 and his work was published in the Philosophical Transactions. In 1708 his Itinera aplina tira was published in London. It was dedicated to the Royal Society. His largest project was the Itinera per Helvetiae alpines regions facta annis 1702-1711, dedicated to his travels and published in four volumes in 1723 at Leiden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Jakob_Scheuchzer).
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Gottfried Sellius to Hans Sloane – 22 de Juin 1734
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Date: 22 de Juin 1734
Author: Gottfried Sellius
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4053
Folio: f. 235
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Gottfried Sellius (1704-1767) was a German academic, translator, and initiator of the project that led to the production of the Encyclopédie. He studied at Marburg and Leiden and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1733 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottfried_Sellius).
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Johann Jakob Scheuchzer to Hans Sloane – March 23, 1732
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Date: March 23, 1732
Author: Johann Jakob Scheuchzer
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4052
Folio: ff. 87-88
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Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672-1733) was a Swiss scholar and physician. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1703 and his work was published in the Philosophical Transactions. In 1708 his Itinera aplina tira was published in London. It was dedicated to the Royal Society. His largest project was the Itinera per Helvetiae alpines regions facta annis 1702-1711, dedicated to his travels and published in four volumes in 1723 at Leiden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Jakob_Scheuchzer).
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Gottfried Sellius to Hans Sloane – 4 de Mars 1734
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Date: 4 de Mars 1734
Author: Gottfried Sellius
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4053
Folio: f. 174
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Gottfried Sellius (1704-1767) was a German academic, translator, and initiator of the project that led to the production of the Encyclopédie. He studied at Marburg and Leiden and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1733 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottfried_Sellius).
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Gottfried Sellius to Hans Sloane – 20 de Juillet 1733
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Date: 20 de Juillet 1733
Author: Gottfried Sellius
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4053
Folio: f. 13
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Gottfried Sellius (1704-1767) was a German academic, translator, and initiator of the project that led to the production of the Encyclopédie. He studied at Marburg and Leiden and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1733 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottfried_Sellius).
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Laurent Garcin to Hans Sloane – July 30, 1731
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Date: July 30, 1731
Author: Laurent Garcin
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4051
Folio: f. 289
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Garcin requests that Sloane help Monsieur Bourguet procure books on the Protestant Gospel. Bourguet was honoured by ‘l’Academie des Sciences de Berlin’. Garcin hopes to see Bouguet in Neuchâtel to discuss botany and natural history.
Laurent Garcin (1683-1752) was a physician and botanist. He studied in the Netherlands and served as a naval surgeon from 1720 to 1729, traveling throughout the East Indies. He described plants from Java, Malacca, Persia, and Arabia. Garcin sent Indian and Chinese medical information to Herman Boerhaave. He settled in Leiden and corresponded with Antoine de Jussieu and others, becoming a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1731. Garcin’s work was published in the Mémoires de l’académie (https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurent_Garcin).