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Letter, 'On the effects of white henbane' from John Stedman to John Pringle

Reference number: L&P/2/206

Date: 07 October 1750

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Subject: Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'The effects of the hyoscyamus albus, or white henbane; in a letter to Dr. John Pringle, F. R. S. from Dr. John Stedman, late Surgeon major to the re­giment of the royal grey dragoons'

Read 16 May 1751

Reference number
L&P/2/206
Earliest possible date
07 October 1750
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'On the effects of white henbane' from John Stedman to John Pringle, 07 October 1750, L&P/2/206, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_206/letter-on-the-effects-of-white-henbane-from-john-stedman-to-john-pringle, accessed on 12 December 2024

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