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Paper, 'A gangrene cured with the bark' by Henri Francois Le Dran

Reference number: L&P/1/462

Date: 1746

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Contains English translation.

Subject: Physiology

Read13 March 1746

Reference number
L&P/1/462
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1746
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Henri Francois Le Dran

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Henri Francois Le Dran, Paper, 'A gangrene cured with the bark' by Henri Francois Le Dran, 1746, L&P/1/462, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_462/paper-a-gangrene-cured-with-the-bark-by-henri-francois-le-dran, accessed on 21 January 2026

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