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Paper, 'De Frigidae in Febribus usu' [Of the use of cold water in fevers] by Nicholas Cyrillus

Reference number: CLP/14ii/26

Date: January 1729

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Concerning a dissertation on the medicinal virtues and use of cold water in fevers.

Subject: Medicine

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'De frigidae in febribus usu. Auctore Cl. Nicolao Cyrillo Prim. Med. Prof. Neapol. & R. S. S.'

Read to the Royal Society on 16 October 1729

Reference number
CLP/14ii/26
Earliest possible date
January 1729
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
11 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'De Frigidae in Febribus usu' [Of the use of cold water in fevers] by Nicholas Cyrillus, January 1729, CLP/14ii/26, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_14ii_26/paper-de-frigidae-in-febribus-usu-of-the-use-of-cold-water-in-fevers-by-nicholas-cyrillus, accessed on 08 February 2026

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