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The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Letter, from W Ashenhurst

Reference number: CLP/23i/11

Date: 13 January 1723

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Discussing patients with small pox.
Read to the Royal Society on 6 February 1723.

Subject: Medicine

Reference number
CLP/23i/11
Earliest possible date
13 January 1723
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, from W Ashenhurst, 13 January 1723, CLP/23i/11, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_23i_11/letter-from-w-ashenhurst, accessed on 19 July 2026

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