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Letter, 'Of green hemlock only a palliative in a case of cancer' from Josiah Colebrooke to Thomas Birch

Reference number: L&P/4/277

Date: 31 October 1765

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Subject: Medicine

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the sequel of the case of Anne James, who had taken the green hemlock: In a letter to the Rev. Thomas Birch, Secretary to the Royal Society, from Mr. Josiah Colebrooke, F. R. S'

Read 7 November 1765

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L&P/4/277
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31 October 1765
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Ink on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Josiah Colebrooke

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Josiah Colebrooke, Letter, 'Of green hemlock only a palliative in a case of cancer' from Josiah Colebrooke to Thomas Birch, 31 October 1765, L&P/4/277, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_277/letter-of-green-hemlock-only-a-palliative-in-a-case-of-cancer-from-josiah-colebrooke-to-thomas-birch, accessed on 13 July 2025

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