Translation of part of a letter, from Herman Boerhaave to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Leyden
Reference number: EL/B3/56
Date: 08 September 1738
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Details of Boerhaave's illness are given
Original letter, which now no longer exists, was in Latin
- Reference number
- EL/B3/56
- Earliest possible date
- 08 September 1738
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Herman Boerhaave
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Herman Boerhaave, Herman Boerhaave, Translation of part of a letter, from Herman Boerhaave to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Leyden, 08 September 1738, EL/B3/56, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b3_56/translation-of-part-of-a-letter-from-herman-boerhaave-to-cromwell-mortimer-dated-at-leyden, accessed on 10 November 2025
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL -
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Cromwell Mortimer
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Herman Boerhaave
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Dates: 1613 - 1740
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