| RefNo | CLP/14ii/35 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Extract of a letter, regarding smallpox in Hastings from Dr Threwen to Dr [James] Jurin |
| Date | 28 January 1731 |
| Description | Threwen shares figues relating to the effect of smallpox on the population of Hastings. He notes that those who were inoculated 'had the distemper very favourably, and continue perfectly well'. Original letter written by Threwen in Rye.
Subject: Medicine / Epidemiology / Communicable diseases
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A letter to Dr. Jurin, F. R. S. giving an account of the condition of the town of Hastings, after it had been visited by the small pox'
Read to the Royal Society on 18 March 1730 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1731.0020 |
| RelatedRecord | RBO/15/70 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA5031 | Jurin; James (1684 - 1750); physician | 1684 - 1750 |