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Paper, 'Of the poisonous effects of hemlock dropwort (Oenanthe)' by William Watson

Reference number: L&P/3/346

Date: 1758

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Subject: Botany

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A further account of the poisonous effects of the oenanthe aquatica succo viroso crocante of Lobel, or Hemlock Dropwort, by W. Watson, M. D. F. R. S'

Read 21 December 1758

Reference number
L&P/3/346
Earliest possible date
1758
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Ink on paper
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6 pages
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Manuscript

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William Watson

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William Watson, Paper, 'Of the poisonous effects of hemlock dropwort (Oenanthe)' by William Watson, 1758, L&P/3/346, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_346/paper-of-the-poisonous-effects-of-hemlock-dropwort-oenanthe-by-william-watson, accessed on 11 February 2025

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