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Details of Boerhaave's illness are given
Original letter, which now no longer exists, was in Latin

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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, 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 16 September 2024

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  • Early Letters

    Dates: 1613-1740

    The archival collection known as 'Early Letters' is composed of original manuscript letters sent to, or collected by, the Royal Society from English and foreign correspondents.

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