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Paper, 'A brief botanical and medical history of the Solanum Lethale or Belladonna or Deadly Nightshade' by Richard Pulteney

Reference number: L&P/3/220

Date: 1757

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Subject: Botany

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A brief botanical and medical history of the solanum lethale, bella-donna, or deadly nightshade, by Mr. Richard Pultney. Communicated by Mr. William Watson, F. R. S'

Read 17 February 1757

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L&P/3/220
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1757
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18 pages
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Richard Pulteney

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Richard Pulteney, Paper, 'A brief botanical and medical history of the Solanum Lethale or Belladonna or Deadly Nightshade' by Richard Pulteney, 1757, L&P/3/220, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_220/paper-a-brief-botanical-and-medical-history-of-the-solanum-lethale-or-belladonna-or-deadly-nightshade-by-richard-pulteney, accessed on 23 January 2025

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