John Coakley Lettsom's American friends
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Gross Dissection of the Stomach of the Lobster, Homarus Americanus
Published on: May 22, 2009
141 York Terrace East, Regent's Park, London NWl 4PT, UK.
Abstract:
John Coakley Lettsom (1744-1815) regarded his West Indies birthplace and the New England states as integral parts of the colonial Empire, and described himself as Americanus. He had numerous friends in the American medical profession and was generous to them with books, plants and financial support. They travelled to Europe with letters of introduction to him and some of them became corresponding members of the Medical Society of London. This work is a brief profile of some of these academic friends.
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