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Extract, 'Extract from the minutes of the Royal Society March 16 1731 containing an uncommon case of a distemper'd skin' by John Machin

Reference number: CLP/14ii/37

Date: 1731

Description

Case study of a patient with a scaly skin disorder. Includes one engraved figure of the patient's hand.

Subject: Dermatology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An extract from the minutes of the Royal Society, March 16, 1731, containing an uncommon case of a distempered skin'

Reference number
CLP/14ii/37
Earliest possible date
1731
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Ink on paper
Page extent
5 pages
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Manuscript

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John Machin

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John Machin, Extract, 'Extract from the minutes of the Royal Society March 16 1731 containing an uncommon case of a distemper'd skin' by John Machin, 1731, CLP/14ii/37, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_14ii_37/extract-extract-from-the-minutes-of-the-royal-society-march-16-1731-containing-an-uncommon-case-of-a-distemperd-skin-by-john-machin, accessed on 15 October 2024

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