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Paper, 'An account of a book ed. by Dr Cocchi published in Florence 1754, containing several old Greek and Latin surgical treatises, such as those of Soranus and Oribarius' by Robert Watson

Reference number: L&P/2/585

Date: 1755

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Subject: Book review

Read 6 March 1755

Reference number
L&P/2/585
Earliest possible date
1755
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Ink on paper
Page extent
11 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Robert Watson

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Robert Watson, Paper, 'An account of a book ed. by Dr Cocchi published in Florence 1754, containing several old Greek and Latin surgical treatises, such as those of Soranus and Oribarius' by Robert Watson, 1755, L&P/2/585, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_585/paper-an-account-of-a-book-ed-by-dr-cocchi-published-in-florence-1754-containing-several-old-greek-and-latin-surgical-treatises-such-as-those-of-soranus-and-oribarius-by-robert-watson, accessed on 10 December 2023

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