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Add MS 72892
- Record Id:
- 040-001949931
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- 032-001949809
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000392.0x000027
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PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XLIII (ff. 29). Papers relating to medicine and natural science; circa 1650-1685, n.d. Formerly from Bowood Boxes G and H.
1. f. 1. Thirty-two questions concerning the properties of the waters of Bath for chemical, technological and medical uses; circa 1650. Autograph. G4.
2. ff. 2-3. Description of the human sensations of pleasure and pain; [circa 1650?]. Autograph. H78.
3. ff. 4-9v. Account of the resuscitation of Anne Green(e) after hanging, 14 Dec. 1650; [1650-1651?]. Autograph draft. One section is endorsed 'History of the Mayd'. Printed in Petty Papers, II, pp. 157-167; for related contemporary. printed accounts, see ibid., p. 155 and Newes from the Dead (Oxford, 1651). H75.
4. ff. 10-21. Observations in medical matters numbered 1-67; [1652?]. Printed in Petty Papers, II, pp. 218-226, where it is pointed out that this is probably to be identified with 'Observationes Medicae et Praxis' in Petty's 1671 list of his works (see Petty Papers, II, p. 261). For the Latin version, see Add. 72891, ff. 258-268, above. H69.
5. ff. 22-25. 'Concerning the study of the Art of Medicine'; 1685. Autograph. Endorsed 'Via brevis ad Medicinam'. Printed in Petty Papers, II, pp. 168-170. H76.
6. ff. 26-27. Forty-one numbered points headed 'Opticall'; [1680s?]. Autograph. Printed in Petty Papers, II, pp. 180-181. H77.
Medicine and Surgery: Sir William Petty, political economist: Medical lectures and notes by Sir William Petty: [1645?]-1685: Partly Lat: Mostly autogr.
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- f. 1 Bath, Somerset: Notes by Sir W. Petty concerning the properties of Bath water: circa 1650.
- ff. 4-9v Anne Green, of Steeple Barton: Account by Sir W. Petty of her resuscitation after hanging: 1650: Autogr.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001949809
036-001949929
040-001949931 - Is part of:
- Add MS 72850-72908 : Correspondence and papers of Sir William Petty (1623-1687)
Add MS 72891-72898 : F. Medical and Scientific Papers
Add MS 72892 : PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XLIII (ff. 29). Papers relating to medicine and natural science; circa 1650-1685, n.d. Formerly from Bowood Boxes… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001949809[0006]/036-001949929[0002]/040-001949931
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- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 72850-72908
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
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- Languages:
- English
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1645
- End Date:
- 1685
- Date Range:
- 1645-1685
- Era:
- CE
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- Legal Status:
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- Names:
- Green, Anne, servant and subject of a failed execution, d 1659
Petty, William, political economist - Places:
- Bath, England