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Reference numberEL/F2/38
LevelItem
TitleExtract of a letter, from Cromwell Mortimer to [Charles Francois de Cisternay] Du Fay
CreatorMortimer; Cromwell (1693-1752); physician; antiquary
Date1737
DescriptionObservations of Mr Wheler's experiment to revolve one mass around another; that salad oil is not such a successful antidote to the bite of vipers in France as it is in England; states that a horse's swelling was reduced by hot oil after being bitten by a snake
Original letter was dated 22 September 1737
LanguageEnglish
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
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Access statusOpen
Related materialEL/F2/43-45
URL descriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/68eabbdf-e7c1-4cff-be9a-91345d246183
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA5778Fay; Charles Francois de Cisternay Du (1698 - 1739)1698 - 1739
NA8055Mortimer; Cromwell (c 1699 - 1752)c 1699 - 1752
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