| RefNo | CLP/14ii/46 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'De usu corticis Peruviani ad gangraenam et sphacelum' [On the use of Peruvian bark to cure gangrene and 'sphacelum'] by Johanne Shipton |
| Date | [1733] |
| Description | Shipton shares several case studies of the use of Peruvian bark in curing sicknesses including fever and gangrene. Shipton also asserts that Peruvian bark has antihaemorrhagic properties.
Subject: Medicine / Haematology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'De usu corticis peruviani ad gangrenam & sphacelum'
Read to the Royal Society on 8 March 1733 |
| Language | Latin |
| Extent | 10p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1731.0071 |
| RelatedRecord | RBO/18/34 |