| Collection | GB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections |
| Level | Item |
| Ref No | MS 37/43 |
| Title | Papers of David Skene: Discourses: Large folded sheet containing seven draft discourses |
| Date | c 1760 |
| Extent | 1 item (folio 226) |
| Creator Name | David Skene (1731 - 1770), M.D., of Aberdeen |
| Description | Large folded sheet containing seven draft discourses, undated
The discourses cover the following topics:
1: The existence of any connections between dispositions of mind and habits of body
2: Enthusiasm and its place in religious systems
3: The want of proper definitions in subjects under consideration, esp in Philosophy of the mind
4: Vegetable bodies
5: What is the cause of the ascent and suspension and fall of vapours in the atmosphere
6: The enumeration of eight different ends of speaking
7: Question: whether some part of the vegetable [ ] is not absorbed by the earth to a certain depth and conveyed into it ..........in form of watery fluid |
| Access Status | Open |