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Letter, from Edward Nourse to Cromwell Mortimer

Reference number: EL/N2/17

Date: 18 January 1737

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Account of a boy bitten by a mad dog

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EL/N2/17
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18 January 1737
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3 pages
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Manuscript
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Edward Nourse

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Edward Nourse, Letter, from Edward Nourse to Cromwell Mortimer, 18 January 1737, EL/N2/17, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_n2_17/letter-from-edward-nourse-to-cromwell-mortimer, accessed on 10 April 2026

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