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Letter, 'Reasons why the dropsy is frequently incurable' from Johannes Grashius to Henry Baker

Reference number: L&P/3/259

Date: 1757

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3 pages in Latin and 12 pages in English.

Subject: Medicine

Read 23 June 1757

Reference number
L&P/3/259
Earliest possible date
1757
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
15 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Reasons why the dropsy is frequently incurable' from Johannes Grashius to Henry Baker, 1757, L&P/3/259, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_259/letter-reasons-why-the-dropsy-is-frequently-incurable-from-johannes-grashius-to-henry-baker, accessed on 13 September 2024

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