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Letter, from Pietro Michelotti to John Machin, dated at Venice

Reference number: EL/M2/63

Date: 05 September 1733

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Concerning a treatise on the motion of the moon; observations of curing madness by various methods eg blood-letting, applying cold water and opium, use of hellebore

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EL/M2/63
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05 September 1733
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10 pages
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Manuscript

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Pietro Antonio Michelotti

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Pietro Antonio Michelotti, Pietro Antonio Michelotti, Letter, from Pietro Michelotti to John Machin, dated at Venice, 05 September 1733, EL/M2/63, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m2_63/letter-from-pietro-michelotti-to-john-machin-dated-at-venice, accessed on 14 March 2026

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