Record

RefNoEL/C2/31
LevelItem
TitleExtract of a letter, from Robert Clarke to Martin Lister, dated at Lincoln
CreatorClarke; Robert (fl 1697)
Date8 November 1697
DescriptionConcerning the death of a mastiff dog upon hearing a volley of shots from soldiers's rifles
Asking Lister's opinion about a man who has coughed up something (as depicted in figure) and asks what it could be
Lister adds a comment that it might be 'polypus's of the lungs'
Read to the Royal Society on 17 November 1697
LanguageEnglish
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Place originLincoln, Lincolnshire, England
Origin coordinates53.22683, -0.53792
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialTranscribed in LBO/11.2/195
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 19, no 235, p 779
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/2615a1fa-fdb0-46f3-ab1b-1a4ac5ab46ba
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8382Lister; Martin (1639 - 1712); physician and naturalist1639 - 1712
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