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Extracts of four letters regarding accidental, fatal poisoning by hemlock. The letters are dated 28 March, 3 April, 17 April and 24 April.

Subject: Medicine / Toxicology

Read to the Royal Society on 3 May 1710
Communicated by Dr [John] Thorpe

Reference number
CLP/14ii/1
Earliest possible date
March 1710-April 1710
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Extracts of four letters, regarding accounts of people accidentally poisoned in Oxfordshire to Edward Coker, March 1710-April 1710, CLP/14ii/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_14ii_1/extracts-of-four-letters-regarding-accounts-of-people-accidentally-poisoned-in-oxfordshire-to-edward-coker, accessed on 07 October 2024

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