Record

RefNoRBC/2/82
AltRefNoRBC/2/293
LevelItem
Title'Of Alkermes' from Monsieur Verny an Apothecary of Montpellier
Date1666
Description'Communicated in French by Dr Croone October 17th 1666 and translated into English by Henry Oldenburg

Alkermes is an excrescence from wood or leaves of the shrub called 'Ilex baccifera Aquifolia' which grows in Languedoc
Details of how it is prepared for use in medicine and for dying wool
LanguageEnglish
Extent3 sides
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialPrinted in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 1, no 20, p 362
RelatedRecordRBO/3/43
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8189Croone; William (1633 - 1684); physician1633 - 1684
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
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