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Subject: Medicine

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of inoculation in Arabia, in a letter from Dr. Patrick Russell, Physician, at Aleppo, to Alexander Russell, M. D. F. R. S. preceded by a letter from Dr. Al. Russell, to the Earl of Morton. P. R. S'

Read 5 May 1768

Reference number
L&P/5/31
Earliest possible date
05 May 1768
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
9 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Patrick Russell

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Patrick Russell, Letter, 'Inoculation in Arabia' from Patrick Russell to Alexander Russell, 05 May 1768, L&P/5/31, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_31/letter-inoculation-in-arabia-from-patrick-russell-to-alexander-russell, accessed on 19 March 2025

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