Short, Richard (d. c. 1708), MD

Licence in medicine for Richard Short, with authority to proceed to the doctorate. Awarded and signed by Andreas Carolus de Perdrix as representative of Charles de Pradel, Bishop of Montpellier and Chancellor of the University. Produced in Montpellier.

13 March, 1694

1 f. Membrane. 450 × 597 mm. Illuminated initial letter. Seal missing.

Purchased from Mr R Yorke, 1926.

Short took his MD at Montpellier, 26 March 1694 (William Monk, The roll of the Royal College of Physicians of London, Vol. 1 (London, 1878), pp. 516-517).

Database description taken from that in: Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine, 1999).