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Letter, 'Sends a copy of his book 'Sur une maladie [On a disease]'' from Caen to the Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/2/226

Date: 10 November 1750

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Subject: Medicine

Read 6 July 1751

Reference number
L&P/2/226
Earliest possible date
10 November 1750
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Sends a copy of his book 'Sur une maladie [On a disease]'' from Caen to the Secretary of the Royal Society, 10 November 1750, L&P/2/226, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_226/letter-sends-a-copy-of-his-book-sur-une-maladie-on-a-disease-from-caen-to-the-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 04 December 2025

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