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Letter, 'Of the efficiency of the Bark in a mortification' from Richard Grindall to William Watson

Reference number: L&P/3/270

Date: 07 December 1757

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Subject: Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A remarkable case of the efficacy of the bark in a mortification. In a letter to William Watson, M. D. F. R. S. from Mr. Richard Grindall, Surgeon to the London Hospital'

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L&P/3/270
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07 December 1757
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Richard Grindall

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Richard Grindall, Letter, 'Of the efficiency of the Bark in a mortification' from Richard Grindall to William Watson, 07 December 1757, L&P/3/270, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_270/letter-of-the-efficiency-of-the-bark-in-a-mortification-from-richard-grindall-to-william-watson, accessed on 16 January 2025

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