Davy, John, M.D. F.R.S. (1790-1868), Army surgeon: travel journals

The 3 later volumes in this collection of journals deal with a period as a medical inspector in the West Indies, while the earlier ones cover a voyage to Ceylon and a period based in the Mediterranean. In all these places Davy records the local economy, geology, wildlife and attitudes, occasionally illustrating the journals with his own drawings.

1816-1847

6 volumes

Purchased at Phillips, Bath, February 1999.

John Davy (1790-1868) was a physiologist and anatomist, and the younger brother of the chemist Sir Humphry Davy. He spent his career as a military surgeon and became Inspector of Hospitals.

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

Previously the property of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall.