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William Stewart ( - fl. c. 1706)

Surgeon
Relevant locations: Visited Martinique, Atlantic Ocean
Relationships: William Stewart was a associate or acquaintance (general) of James Petiver (c. 1665-Apr 1718)

Mr. Stewart (-fl. c. 1711) was a same person as? (uncertain) William Stewart
References in Documents:
Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) Fig. 1. THEThe Toddy Fly, Cat. 559. Mus. Reg. Societ. 162. So call'd from the Mischief they do to that Tree, 30 or 40 of them together, sawing thro' the Bark by the Help of their Snout-horn, will make themselves drunk with the Liquors that flows down, and so are taken. Mr. William Steward Surgeon caught this in Martinico they are also frequent in Guinea.