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GB 0120 MSS.7034-7035 · 1793-1813

Letters and papers of René Desgenettes, 1793-1813, mainly official orders relating to medical services in the French army in Egypt, of which he was physician in chief. With a few letters from Desgenettes to his wife. The letters and papers concerning the Egyptian campaign complement Desgenettes' own published account, Histoire médicale de l'Armée d'Orient (Paris, 1802), which was largely compiled from copies of his out-letters.

Desgenettes , Rene Nicolas Dufriche , 1762-1837 , Baron Desgenettes , physician