| RefNo | EL/S2/71 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Extract of a letter, from Conrad Sprengell to Cromwell Mortimer |
| Creator | Sprengell; Sir; Conrad Joachim (-1740); Saxon naturalist and physician; physician-in-ordinary to William III and George I |
| Date | 20 January 1731 |
| Description | Concerning the hair condition 'plica polonica' where the hair becomes matted and twisted; gives a transcription from an article to the Society of Breslau with observations of 'plica polonia' in Breslau (translated from the High Dutch by Mortimer) |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 37, no 417, p 51
Copy of the transcription see EL/S2/72 |
| URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/043c2b65-750b-4a76-af63-0a39cdc22266 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8055 | Mortimer; Cromwell (c 1699 - 1752) | c 1699 - 1752 |
| NA290 | Sprengwell; Sir; Conrad Joachim (- 1740) | - 1740 |