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Letter, 'Concerning a medicine to dissolve calculi' from Samuel Benoit Makowski to the President of the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/1/126

Date: 04 September 1742

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Contains covering letter to President of the Royal Society. 4 pages in Latin and 4 pages in French.

Subject: Physiology

Read 4 November 1742.

Reference number
L&P/1/126
Earliest possible date
04 September 1742
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
9 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Concerning a medicine to dissolve calculi' from Samuel Benoit Makowski to the President of the Royal Society, 04 September 1742, L&P/1/126, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_126/letter-concerning-a-medicine-to-dissolve-calculi-from-samuel-benoit-makowski-to-the-president-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 23 April 2025

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