RefNo | CLP/22i/68 |
Level | Item |
Title | Paper, Account of the first volume of the 'Art of Embalming' by Thomas Greenhill |
Date | 1 November 1705 |
Description | Notes that Greenhill is a surgeon. Describes his book, also known as 'Nekpokhdeia'. Concerns the right of burial and funeral ceremonies, especially that of preserving bodies according to the Egyptian method. Covering letter from Greenhill is attached.
Subject: Anthropology, Medicine |
Language | English |
Extent | 15p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1704.0001 Account printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society volume 24 issue 302 (1705) |