Letter, 'History and practise of inoculation in the British American colonies' from Benjamin Gale to John Huxham
Reference number: L&P/4/268
Date: 1763
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Subject: Medicine
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Historical memoirs, relating to the practice of inoculation for the small pox, in the British American provinces, particularly in New England: Addressed to John Huxham, M.D. F. R. S'
Read 23 May 1765
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- L&P/4/268
- Earliest possible date
- 1763
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 33 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Letter, 'History and practise of inoculation in the British American colonies' from Benjamin Gale to John Huxham, 1763, L&P/4/268, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_268/letter-history-and-practise-of-inoculation-in-the-british-american-colonies-from-benjamin-gale-to-john-huxham, accessed on 18 April 2025
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