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Letter, from Cotton Mather to James Jurin

Reference number: EL/M2/54

Date: 29 September 1724

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Discussing the impact of steel medicines, needles and pins on the body with case studies

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EL/M2/54
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29 September 1724
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Cotton Mather

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Cotton Mather, Cotton Mather, Letter, from Cotton Mather to James Jurin, 29 September 1724, EL/M2/54, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m2_54/letter-from-cotton-mather-to-james-jurin, accessed on 23 June 2025

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    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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