GB 0120 MSS.1630-1631 - Chomel, Pierre Jean Baptiste (1671-1740)

2 volumes

GB 0120 MSS.1630-1631 [1715-1730] Collection (fonds) 2 volumes Chomel , Pierre Jean Baptiste , 1671-1740 , physician and botanist

Though a qualified physician, Pierre Jean Baptiste Chomel devoted himself entirely to the study of botany and was a pupil of Tournefort. He was appointed a royal physician in 1706, and elected to the Académie des Sciences in 1720, and Dean of the Faculté de Médecine in 1735. His 'Jardin Botanique' later formed part of the École de Pharmacie in Paris.

Purchased 1930 and 1933.

Notes of Pierre Jean Baptiste Chomel on plants and on medicine, [1715-1730].

The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

French and Latin

Described in: S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).

Copied from the Wellcome Library catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Feb 2009 Anatomy Head Pharmacology Medicine, herbal Botany Vegetation Flora Plants Medicinal plants Biology Pathology Chomel , Pierre Jean Baptiste , 1671-1740 , physician and botanist

Purchased 1930 and 1933.

Notes of Pierre Jean Baptiste Chomel on plants and on medicine, [1715-1730].

The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

• English

• Latin

French and Latin

Described in: S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).

In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• English