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Paper, 'Recovery from the effects of a poisonous dose of euphorbium tincture' by Francis Willis

Reference number: L&P/4/10

Date: 1760

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Subject: Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of an extraordinary case of a lady, who swallowed euphorbium. By Dr. Willis, of Lincoln: Communicated by Sir Francis Dashwood, Barts'

Read 24 April 1760

Reference number
L&P/4/10
Earliest possible date
1760
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Ink on paper
Page extent
12 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Recovery from the effects of a poisonous dose of euphorbium tincture' by Francis Willis, 1760, L&P/4/10, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_10/paper-recovery-from-the-effects-of-a-poisonous-dose-of-euphorbium-tincture-by-francis-willis, accessed on 14 December 2024

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