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- 1766-1812 (Vervaardig)
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John Coakley Lettsom ran a private practice in London from a house in Basinghall Street. In 1770 he became licentiate of the College of Physicians and FSA; in 1773 he was elected FRS.
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MS.3245 and possibly MS.5370 from the library of Thomas Joseph Pettigrew [1791-1869].
GB 0120 MSS.3245-3249, 5370 1766-1812 Collection (fonds) 4 files Lettsom , John Coakley , 1744-1815 , physician and botanist
John Coakley Lettsom ran a private practice in London from a house in Basinghall Street. In 1770 he became licentiate of the College of Physicians and FSA; in 1773 he was elected FRS.
MS.3245 and possibly MS.5370 from the library of Thomas Joseph Pettigrew [1791-1869].
Purchased 1906, 1910, 1939; MS.5370 purchased at some time before 1923 by the Wellcome Museum and subsequently transferred to the Library.
Personal papers and correspondence of John Coakley Lettsom, 1766-1812, including medical papers and pamphlets by Lettsom, newspaper cuttings relating to him, or subjects that interested him. Letters from various correspondents, mainly from the medical profession. The papers reflect his primary interests in 'Quacks and Quackery', clinical medicine, pathology, materia medica, variolation and vaccination. Many relate to the business of the Medical Society of London, of which Lettsom was President. There is also a fragment of an autobiography of his life as a as a student, MS.3245.
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 and some French, Latin and German
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 Systems of medicine Preventive medicine Vaccination Medical profession Medical personnel Physicians Social problems Quackery Protestants Protestant nonconformists Quakers Pharmacology Drugs Prescription drugs Information sources Medical records Documents Medical sciences Clinical medicine Religious groups Christians Botanists Scientists Scientific personnel Lettsom , John Coakley , 1744-1815 , physician and botanist Medical Society of London Personnel People by occupation People Primary documents
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Purchased 1906, 1910, 1939; MS.5370 purchased at some time before 1923 by the Wellcome Museum and subsequently transferred to the Library.
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Personal papers and correspondence of John Coakley Lettsom, 1766-1812, including medical papers and pamphlets by Lettsom, newspaper cuttings relating to him, or subjects that interested him. Letters from various correspondents, mainly from the medical profession. The papers reflect his primary interests in 'Quacks and Quackery', clinical medicine, pathology, materia medica, variolation and vaccination. Many relate to the business of the Medical Society of London, of which Lettsom was President. There is also a fragment of an autobiography of his life as a as a student, MS.3245.
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The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
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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.
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- Latijn
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English and some French, Latin and German
Fysieke eigenschappen en technische eisen
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- Systems of medicine
- Systems of medicine » Preventive medicine
- Systems of medicine » Preventive medicine » Vaccination
- Medical profession
- Medical profession » Medical personnel
- Medical profession » Medical personnel » Physicians
- Social problems
- Pharmacology
- Pharmacology » Drugs
- Information sources
- Documents
- Medical sciences
- Medical sciences » Clinical medicine
- Religious groups
- Religious groups » Christians
- Scientific personnel » Scientists
- Scientific personnel
- Personnel
- Documents » Primary documents
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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.
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Taal (talen)
- Engels