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Paper, 'Of the desirability of Navy surgeons testing the herbs of the countries they visit' by William Draper

Reference number: L&P/5/212

Date: 1771

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Subject: Medicine

Read 24 January 1771

Reference number
L&P/5/212
Earliest possible date
1771
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Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Of the desirability of Navy surgeons testing the herbs of the countries they visit' by William Draper, 1771, L&P/5/212, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_212/paper-of-the-desirability-of-navy-surgeons-testing-the-herbs-of-the-countries-they-visit-by-william-draper, accessed on 15 January 2026

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