HW87/422

Letter: Richard How (Aspley) to Dr. J.C. Lettson. Thanks for medical books, with observations : mummified bodies at Palermo, Bremen (full details), Teneriffe etc.; mandrakes, superstitious practices; alchemy; leprosy, 19000 hospitals in Europe in 13th century , but now only a few in Norway; superstitions etc.; & other antiquarian subjects. State of France.

26 June 1789

From: 1789 To: 1789

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How, Richard,
Lettson, J.C.

CORRESPONDENCE, books, alchemy, leprosy, superstition, France, Norway, hospitals