Record Number: 6260
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Read part of "The Universal Magazine" for June wherein I find the following receipt recommended (in an extract from Dr Lind's essay on the most effectual means of preserving the health of the seamen in the Royal Navy) as a specific against all epidemical and bilious fevers and also against endemic disorders.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:11 Jul 1757
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: East Hoathly
county: Sussex
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:9 Jun 1729
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:shopkeeper
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure
Genre:Science, Medicine
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication DetailsJune 1757
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:6260
Source:Thomas Turner
Editor:David Vaisey
Title:The Diary of Thomas Turner
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1984
Vol:n/a
Page:105
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Thomas Turner, David Vaisey (ed.), The Diary of Thomas Turner, (Oxford, 1984), p. 105, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6260, accessed: 27 September 2024
Additional Comments:
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