| RefNo | CLP/14ii/40 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'Concerning the difficulty in curing fluxes' by Wm [William] Cockburn |
| Date | [1732] |
| Description | Concerns the use of 'ipecacuanha' (Carapichea ipecacuanha) [ipecac] in France. Cockburn describes how ipecacuanha can be used to treat some forms of 'looseness' in the body.
Subject: Medicine
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A discourse concerning the difficulty of curing fluxes, writ occasionally on reading Dr. De Jussieu’s memorire in the history, &c. Of the Royal Academy of Sciences in Paris, for the Year 1729'
Read to the Royal Society on 4 January 1732 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 6p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1731.0063 |
| RelatedRecord | RBO/18/15 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA5735 | Cockburn; William (1669 - 1739); physician | 1669 - 1739 |