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Paper, 'A case of long-continued suppression of urine' by Ambrose Dowson

Reference number: L&P/3/393

Date: 1759

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Subject: Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'The case of a very long suppression of urine. by Ambrose Dawson, M. D. Communicated by William Heberden, M. D. F. R. S'

Read 8 November 1759

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L&P/3/393
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1759
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Ink on paper
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5 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'A case of long-continued suppression of urine' by Ambrose Dowson, 1759, L&P/3/393, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_393/paper-a-case-of-long-continued-suppression-of-urine-by-ambrose-dowson, accessed on 20 June 2025

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