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Letter, 'Of the inoculation of horned cattle against the distemper' from Daniel Peter Layard to George Parker

Reference number: L&P/3/289

Date: 26 November 1757

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Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A discourse on the usefulness of inoculation of the horned cattle to prevent the contagious distemper among them. In a letter to the Right Hon. George Earl of Macclesfield, P. R. S. from Daniel Peter Layard, M. D. F. R. S'

Read 12 February 1758

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L&P/3/289
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26 November 1757
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Ink on paper
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12 pages
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Manuscript

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Daniel Peter Layard

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Daniel Peter Layard, Letter, 'Of the inoculation of horned cattle against the distemper' from Daniel Peter Layard to George Parker, 26 November 1757, L&P/3/289, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_289/letter-of-the-inoculation-of-horned-cattle-against-the-distemper-from-daniel-peter-layard-to-george-parker, accessed on 22 April 2025

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