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The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Letter, from Claude Amyand

Reference number: CLP/23i/2

Date: 16 January 1724

Description

Overview of the approach taken to inoculating patients in 1723 - some details about how he carried out operations.

Subject: Medicine

Reference number
CLP/23i/2
Earliest possible date
16 January 1724
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Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Claude Amyand

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Claude Amyand, Letter, from Claude Amyand, 16 January 1724, CLP/23i/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_23i_2/letter-from-claude-amyand, accessed on 13 January 2025

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