Watson, Sir William (1715-1787)

Date:: 1746

Reference:: MS.2392/6

Part of:: Folkes, Martin (1690-1754)

Archives and manuscripts

Collection contents

Folkes, Martin (1690-1754)MSS.1302, 2391-2392 & 5403
- Memoirs and Papers sent to the Royal Society of LondonMS.2392
  - Watson, Sir William (1715-1787)MS.2392/6

About this work

Description

Critical observations concerning the Oenanthe aquatica succo viroso crocante of Lobel [Cicuta virosa] ... occasioned by an extract of a letter from Mr. George Howell, Surgeon of Haverfordwest, to the Author, giving an account of the poisonous effects of this plant to some french prisoners at Pembroke. Endorsed by Folkes: 'Observations concerning the root of the Cicuta aqatica. June 12. 1746. Pr. Tr. 480. XII'. Produced in London.

Publication/Creation

1746

Physical description

1 l + 10 ff + 3 ll (folio. 32 × 191/2 cm.). Margins frayed and damaged. Author's holograph MS.

Acquisition note

Purchased 1933.

Biographical note

The author was a physician and naturalist, and was elected F.R.S. in 1741 and F.R.C.P. in 1784: he was knighted in 1786.

Finding aids

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).