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Translated extract of a letter, from John Henry de Heucher to Dr Lawson, dated at Dresden

Reference number: EL/H4/23

Date: 01 January 1740

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Original was in Latin and dated 21 February 1740

Concerning medicines to dissolve [bladder] stones; discussing other medicines, particularly those from English physicians; states that he has received a new mineral from Saxony and will send a specimen of it

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EL/H4/23
Earliest possible date
01 January 1740
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Johann Heinrich Heucher

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Johann Heinrich Heucher, Johann Heinrich Heucher, Translated extract of a letter, from John Henry de Heucher to Dr Lawson, dated at Dresden, 01 January 1740, EL/H4/23, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h4_23/translated-extract-of-a-letter-from-john-henry-de-heucher-to-dr-lawson-dated-at-dresden, accessed on 20 April 2026

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    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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