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Letter, 'Of two dropsical cases' from William Oliver to the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/2/576

Date: 10 February 1755

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Subject: Medicine

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of some cases of dropsies, cured by sweet oil: In a letter from William Oliver, M. D. F. R. S'

Read 20 February 1755

Reference number
L&P/2/576
Earliest possible date
10 February 1755
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Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of two dropsical cases' from William Oliver to the Royal Society, 10 February 1755, L&P/2/576, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_576/letter-of-two-dropsical-cases-from-william-oliver-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 17 June 2026

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