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Letter, 'Of the use of Ribwort (plantain) for the cure of the bite of a mad dog' from Charles Smith to James Parsons

Reference number: L&P/3/1

Date: 18 March 1755

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Subject: Medicine

Read 20 March 1755

Reference number
L&P/3/1
Earliest possible date
18 March 1755
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
6 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of the use of Ribwort (plantain) for the cure of the bite of a mad dog' from Charles Smith to James Parsons, 18 March 1755, L&P/3/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_1/letter-of-the-use-of-ribwort-plantain-for-the-cure-of-the-bite-of-a-mad-dog-from-charles-smith-to-james-parsons, accessed on 03 November 2024

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