| RefNo | CLP/12ii/55 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, regarding the dissolving of a stone with a plant by Michael Birmingham |
| Date | 18 May 1738 |
| Description | Birmingham describes a plant found in Ponticherry [Pondicherry / Puducherry, India] and referred to locally as 'amapechery' that is capable of dissolving stones without any corrosive nature. He suggests it could be useful for dissolving kidney stones. Includes a short covering letter sent by J T [John Theophilus] Desaguliers written at Channel Row [Westminster, London].
Subject: Medicine / Botany
Addressed to Doctor [Cromwell] Mortimer at the Royal Society in King Street, Bloomsbury [London]. Communicated by Desaguliers. Read to the Royal Society on 18 May 1738. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8419 | Desaguliers; John Theophilus (1683 - 1744); natural philosopher | 1683 - 1744 |
| NA8055 | Mortimer; Cromwell (c 1699 - 1752) | c 1699 - 1752 |