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Paper by Breynius regarding the use of the herb acmella, found in Sri Lanka, in relieving bladder stones.

Subject: Botany / Medicine

Read to the Royal Society on 30 July 1701.

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CLP/10i/40
Earliest possible date
1701
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Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Johannes Philippus Breynius

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Johannes Philippus Breynius, Paper, 'Dissertatio botanico-medica de chrysanthomo bidente zeylanico, acmilla dicta' by Johannes Philippus Breynius, 1701, CLP/10i/40, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_10i_40/paper-dissertatio-botanico-medica-de-chrysanthomo-bidente-zeylanico-acmilla-dicta-by-johannes-philippus-breynius, accessed on 25 April 2025

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