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Letter, 'On the virtues of musk in convulsive disorders' from Edward Wilmot on behalf of J Wall and A Reid to Martin Folkes

Reference number: L&P/1/335

Date: 27 November 1744

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Subject: Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter from Edward Wilmot, M. D. F. R. S. and one of His Majesty’s Physicians, &c. to the President of the Royal Society, serving to inclose the two following papers : I. Of the extraordinary effects of musk in convulsive disorders; by J. Wall, M. D. 2. Of the effects of the tunquinese medi­cine; by Alex. Reid, Esquire'

Read 20 December 1744

Reference number
L&P/1/335
Earliest possible date
27 November 1744
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
14 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Martin Folkes

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Martin Folkes, Letter, 'On the virtues of musk in convulsive disorders' from Edward Wilmot on behalf of J Wall and A Reid to Martin Folkes, 27 November 1744, L&P/1/335, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_335/letter-on-the-virtues-of-musk-in-convulsive-disorders-from-edward-wilmot-on-behalf-of-j-wall-and-a-reid-to-martin-folkes, accessed on 10 February 2025

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