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Letter, from Charles Holt to Dr [John] Shadwell

Reference number: EL/H3/80

Date: 01 January 1699

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Details of a man who developed a disease after swallowing stones to cure his initial complaint
Read to the Royal Society on 28 June 1699

Reference number
EL/H3/80
Earliest possible date
01 January 1699
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript
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Charles Holt

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Charles Holt, Letter, from Charles Holt to Dr [John] Shadwell, 01 January 1699, EL/H3/80, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h3_80/letter-from-charles-holt-to-dr-john-shadwell, accessed on 21 January 2025

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    Dates: 1613-1740

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