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Subject: Medicine

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Reference number
L&P/12/93
Earliest possible date
1805
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
20 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Joseph Banks

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Joseph Banks, Letter, 'Account of Acarus scabiei and its effect on the human body' from Joseph Adams and Joseph Banks, 1805, L&P/12/93, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_12_93/letter-account-of-acarus-scabiei-and-its-effect-on-the-human-body-from-joseph-adams-and-joseph-banks, accessed on 23 January 2025

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