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Letter, 'Of swallowing a plum-stone' from Alexander Powell to James Douglas

Reference number: L&P/4/376

Date: 05 February 1767

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Subject: Medicine

Read 19 March 1767

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L&P/4/376
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05 February 1767
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of swallowing a plum-stone' from Alexander Powell to James Douglas, 05 February 1767, L&P/4/376, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_376/letter-of-swallowing-a-plum-stone-from-alexander-powell-to-james-douglas, accessed on 15 January 2025

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