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Paper, 'Of the medical virtues of different kinds of air' by James Johnstone

Reference number: L&P/6/147

Date: 07 June 1775

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Subject: Medicine/Chemistry

Read 14 December 1775

Reference number
L&P/6/147
Earliest possible date
07 June 1775
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Ink on paper
Page extent
8 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Of the medical virtues of different kinds of air' by James Johnstone, 07 June 1775, L&P/6/147, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_147/paper-of-the-medical-virtues-of-different-kinds-of-air-by-james-johnstone, accessed on 09 August 2026

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