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Pinellini writes of the importance of identifying the causes of gout. Translation by John James Scheuchzer.

Subject: Pathology / Rheumatism

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An extract of a letter of Signior Michele Pinelli, concerning the causes of the Gout. Translated from the Italian by Joh. Gasp Scheuchzer, M. D. F. R. S. and Coll. Med. Lond. Lic'

Read to the Royal Society on 11 July 1728

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CLP/14ii/24
Earliest possible date
1728
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
10 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Extract of a letter, regarding the causes of gout from Michele Pinellini to the Royal Society, 1728, CLP/14ii/24, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_14ii_24/extract-of-a-letter-regarding-the-causes-of-gout-from-michele-pinellini-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 11 July 2025

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