Not identified. The articles attributed to Harvey in the Office Book, 'Strychnine' and 'Two Millions of Tons of Silver', both deal with various scientific experiments; they seem clearly to be by one contributor. The writer's knowledge of physiology, medicine, and materia medica suggests that he may be Alexander Harvey, M.D., physician to the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, professor of materia medica in the University of Aberdeen, and co-author of Syllabus of Materia Medica, 1873.

Author: Anne Lohrli; © University of Toronto Press, 1971.