| RefNo | CLP/14i/42 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'A relation of the symptoms that attended the death of Mr Robert Burdett an English merchant of Aleppo, who was killd [sic] by the bite of a serpent' by Aaron Goodyear |
| Date | [1695] |
| Description | Robert Burdet was bitten by a snake on 9 October 1678 when he was near Aleppo [Syria]. Goodyear writes that if the venom had been sucked out, Burdet would have survived and recounts that the snake was later killed with oil of tobacco.
Subject: Medicine
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A relation of the symptoms that attended the death of Mr. Robert Burdett, an English Merchant of Aleppo, who was kill’d by the bite of a serpent. Communicated by Mr. Aaron Goodyear, who was then present'.
Addressed to Dr [Hans] Sloane; at his house the corner of South Hampton Street near Bloomesberry Square [Bloomsbury Square, London]. Read to the Royal Society on 11 December 1695. |
| Extent | 3p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1698.0072
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 20 (1698), p 351 |
| RelatedRecord | RBO/8/27 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8406 | Sloane; Sir; Hans (1660 - 1753); physician and collector | 1660 - 1753 |