Epistle to the Citizens of London, 1841
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
November 30, 1840 ~ Monday
30th
I received a letter from Elder O Pratt &
I wrote 2 letters one to O. Pratt & one to B. Young
& H. C. Kimball. I took a vary interesting
walk with Doctor Copeland through evry appar
tment of the College of Surgeons at Lincolns
Infields which was truly interesting. I again
visited the same on the 7th Day of Dec in company
with Doctor Copeland and Elders B Young
& H. C. Kimball, & went through evry appartment
of it and was much interested see Dec 7th 14840
A Visit to the College of Surgeons
At Lincons Infields Dec 7th 1840
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London
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After entering the building in front and passing
through several small rooms unoccupied, we ente
red a vary large Room mostly occupied with—
skeleton's of natural History of evry description
the Mamouth, Elephant, Lions Tigers & evry wild bea
st of the forest & Domestic Animals, & the Crockadile
& serpent of evry kind & the fish of the sea.
This Room also contained several skeleton's
of the Human frame one which is vary Noted
viz the celebrated O Brian his skeleton was
8 feet in highth & well proportioned He was
8 feet & 4 inches in hight when alive, there
were others of large stature. The Joining Room
was occupied with a great variety of parts, &
whole Human Bodies & Frames in various stages
& states. Some bodies were whole & embalmed one
ownly that was Egyptian. Some the skin & flesh
was taken away & the bones, arters & sinews, left
in their Natural state, which were prepared with
the greatest pains & care, parts of the body such
as the hand & foot sc were in a prepared state with
the skin of showing the veins, sinews, nevrves
&c. many skuls were in this room showing the
effect of various disease. A number of hearts
were preserved in their natural state both from
the Human & Animal creation one from A
whales. Their were four Rooms Above which
we visited, which contained a vast variety
objects preserved in spirits, of evry description of
the Human, Animal, Amphibious, & Serpentile race
evry part of the Human body dissected & preserved
in spirits, & many Human monsters, & children
{from the first month of pregnancy to full grown children} One vessel chontain-
ed five small children born at one birth but
without life. There were some peculiar
preperations both of natural History & the Huma[n]
system by injecting quick silver in to the finest
fibres of the body, which were all for the
purpose of giving surgeons a knowledge of evry
part of the system, which was quite Interesti[ng]
to an person feeling interested in the subject of
surgery
6 m[iles]
On my return home I was soon Joined by Elders
B. Young & H. C Kimball, who had come to London
to spend a week or two It was truly a treat
to once more meet with these Brethren we spent
the night together
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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3438 mentions
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Byrne, Charles
1761–1783
1 mention
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Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
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Pratt, Orson
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
1082 mentions
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Copeland, William
abt. 1802 - unk.
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