Record

Collection	GB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
Level	Item
Ref No	MS 38/124
Alt Ref No	139
Title	Papers of David Skene: correspondence: Letter from John Hope to David Skene
Date	22 January 1766
Extent	1 item
Administrative History	John Hope (1725–1786), physician and botanist
Description	Letter from John Hope to David Skene in which he congratulates Skene on his election to the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh; he thanks him for comments on 'the sibbins' and asks where the name came from; he has received the specimens of cryptogamia; he has been too busy with his practice and winter course to spend much time on botany; he asks for a specimen of baderlocks and queries whether it was a distinct species or variety; he encloses a list of simples; he remarks that he can say little from his experiments on mizeroon; he asks for specimens of 'curious drugs'; he refers to Walker's popularity in London, 22 January 1766.
Access Status	Open
Access Conditions	The records are available subject to the signed acceptance of the Department's access conditions.

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