BIB_ID
128634
Accession number
MA 3158
Creator
Cheyne, George, 1671 or 1672-1743.
Display Date
1740.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1971.
Description
1 item (2 pages, with address) ; 22.5 x 18.9 cm
Notes
Cheyne gives the date of writing as "10 1740", possibly referring to October 1740.
Address panel: "To / Doctor Cuningham / Physician at Laugharne / Wales." Alexander Dick was born Alexander Cunningham but changed his surname to "Dick" on the death of his brother William in 1746, when he succeeded to the Dick baronetcy. He, like Cheyne, was a physician and became President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
Address panel: "To / Doctor Cuningham / Physician at Laugharne / Wales." Alexander Dick was born Alexander Cunningham but changed his surname to "Dick" on the death of his brother William in 1746, when he succeeded to the Dick baronetcy. He, like Cheyne, was a physician and became President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
Provenance
Purchased from Mrs. J. Dick-Cunyngham in 1971, along with MA 3157, MA 3159 and MA 3160.
Summary
Concerning the treatment of a Mr. Bevan's gout.
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