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Paper, 'Experiments and observations on the Colombo root' by Thomas Percival

Reference number: L&P/5/259

Date: 25 July 1771

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Subject: Medicine

Read 19 December 1771

Reference number
L&P/5/259
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25 July 1771
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Thomas Percival

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Thomas Percival, Paper, 'Experiments and observations on the Colombo root' by Thomas Percival, 25 July 1771, L&P/5/259, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_259/paper-experiments-and-observations-on-the-colombo-root-by-thomas-percival, accessed on 08 September 2026

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