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Letter, 'Of electrical and other cures' from Patrick Brydone to the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/3/370

Date: 09 January 1759

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Subject: Medicine

Read 29 March 1759

Reference number
L&P/3/370
Earliest possible date
09 January 1759
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Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Patrick Brydone

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Patrick Brydone, Letter, 'Of electrical and other cures' from Patrick Brydone to the Royal Society, 09 January 1759, L&P/3/370, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_370/letter-of-electrical-and-other-cures-from-patrick-brydone-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 20 April 2025

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