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Paper detailing the properties of mineral waters in the province of Bourbon and the type of ailments that have been cured after drinking or bathing in the waters. Ailments include colic, gout, and fortifying the nerves.

Subject: Chemistry / Medicine

Read to the Royal Society on 3 May 1699

Reference number
CLP/9i/54
Earliest possible date
1699
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Account of the nature of the Bourbon waters' by Dr Amyot, 1699, CLP/9i/54, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_9i_54/paper-account-of-the-nature-of-the-bourbon-waters-by-dr-amyot, accessed on 18 June 2025

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