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Paper, 'Specimen medicum' [Ideal doctor] by Francesco Spoleti

Reference number: CLP/14i/40

Date: 1695

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Spoleti writes on the phenomenon of fainting [syncope] and its causes and treatments.

Subject: Medicine

Read to the Royal Society on 6 May 1695.

Reference number
CLP/14i/40
Earliest possible date
1695
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
16 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Francesco Spoleti

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Francesco Spoleti, Paper, 'Specimen medicum' [Ideal doctor] by Francesco Spoleti, 1695, CLP/14i/40, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_14i_40/paper-specimen-medicum-ideal-doctor-by-francesco-spoleti, accessed on 09 October 2026

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