Blane, Gilbert, Sir (1749-1834), head of the Navy Medical Board and introducer of lime juice to combat scurvy
- Date:
- 1824
- Reference:
- MS.7578/1-2
- Part of:
- Miscellany: English, 18th-20th centuries
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
2 letters to John Wilson Croker (1780-1857), secretary to the Admiralty and essayist, no. 2 in Blane's hand and no. 1 in another's, both signed by Blane; discussing appointments and no. 1 also discussing outbreak of yellow-fever on Ascension Island.
Publication/Creation
1824
Physical description
2 items
Finding aids
Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts.