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Paper, 'On aether used as a clyster in violent pains in the intestines' by John Wilkinson

Reference number: L&P/10/95

Date: 1794

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Subject: Medicine

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L&P/10/95
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1794
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6 pages
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John Wilkinson

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John Wilkinson, Paper, 'On aether used as a clyster in violent pains in the intestines' by John Wilkinson, 1794, L&P/10/95, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_10_95/paper-on-aether-used-as-a-clyster-in-violent-pains-in-the-intestines-by-john-wilkinson, accessed on 11 February 2026

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