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Paper, 'Of the vomiting gourd' by James Kerr

Reference number: L&P/6/106

Date: 24 December 1774

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Subject: Botany

Read 16 March 1775

Reference number
L&P/6/106
Earliest possible date
24 December 1774
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Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Of the vomiting gourd' by James Kerr, 24 December 1774, L&P/6/106, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_106/paper-of-the-vomiting-gourd-by-james-kerr, accessed on 21 April 2026

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