RefNo | CLP/11i/6 |
Level | Item |
Title | Paper, 'Ippo - the Celebean poyson' by unknown author |
Date | [1665] |
Description | Paper by an individual who lived in the Island of Celebes [Sulawesi, Indonesia] regarding ippo, the poisonous gum of an unidentified Indoensian tree. The author provides details about how the gum is collected and then applied to arrow heads. There was no known antidote for the poison.
Subject: Botany / Anthropology
Communicated by Charles Howard. Read to the Royal Society on 3 May 1665. |
Extent | 2p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedRecord | RBO/3/30 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8424 | Howard; Charles (1629 - 1685); 1st Earl of Carlisle; army officer and politician | 1629 - 1685 |