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Abstract of a letter, from Samuel Dale to William Briggs, dated at Braintree

Reference number: EL/D1/37

Date: 27 October 1693

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Concerning a case of a lady who was affected with jaundice and then occasional blindness
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 18, no 211, p 158
Read to the Royal Society on 29 November 1693
A note from Samuel Smith is on the back

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EL/D1/37
Earliest possible date
27 October 1693
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Samuel Dale

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Samuel Dale, Abstract of a letter, from Samuel Dale to William Briggs, dated at Braintree, 27 October 1693, EL/D1/37, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_d1_37/abstract-of-a-letter-from-samuel-dale-to-william-briggs-dated-at-braintree, accessed on 15 June 2025

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