Letter, from Cotton Mather to John Woodward, dated at Boston
Reference number: EL/M2/27
Date: 24 November 1712
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Discussing what wounds are regarded as mortal; concerning curiosities relating to the head (in Latin); concerning a case of woman with dropsy who, upon her post-mortem, was found to have no intestines; another case of a woman who became hydropical and voided 12 gallons of water
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- EL/M2/27
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- 24 November 1712
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- 11 pages
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- Manuscript
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Cotton Mather, Cotton Mather, Letter, from Cotton Mather to John Woodward, dated at Boston, 24 November 1712, EL/M2/27, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m2_27/letter-from-cotton-mather-to-john-woodward-dated-at-boston, accessed on 19 May 2025
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