| RefNo | CLP/14ii/13 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, regarding a new experiment made with the blood of a person who died from the plague from Couzier to Dr [Antoine] Deidier |
| Date | 3 April 1722 |
| Description | Couzier describes an experiment undertaken in which blood from a corpse infected with [bubonic] plague is applied to a dog's wound. The dog licks the infected wound and dies shortly thereafter. Couzier goes on to describe the findings of an autopsy on the dog.
Subject: Medicine / Communicable diseases
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Part of a letter from Mons. Couzier, Physician in the Infirmaries at Alais, to Dr. Deidier, Professor of Chymistry in the University of Montpelier, concerning a new experiment made with the blood of a person dead of the plague. Communicated to the Royal Society by Dr. Woodward, F. R. S. Prof. Med. Gresh'
Communicated by Dr Woodward
Read to the Royal Society on 21 June 1722 |
| Language | English |
| French |
| Extent | 8p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1722.0023 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7311 | Deidier; Antoine (? 1696 - 1746) | ? 1696 - 1746 |