Playfair, George Ranken (d.1881), Surgeon-General, Bengal Medical Service

Date:
1879
Reference:
MS.7430/36
Part of:
Miscellany: English, chiefly 19th-20th centuries
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Description

1 autograph letter, signed, requesting that if he should die in London (he had suffered from angina) the recipient should carry out an autopsy.

Publication/Creation

1879

Physical description

1 item

Biographical note

Playfair was the brother of the obstetrician William Smoult Playfair (1835-1903) (see MS.7430/43).

Related material

At Wellcome Collection:

Playfair's brother, the obstetrician William Smoult Playfair (1835-1903), is represented at MS.7430/43.

Finding aids

Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts.

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