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Letters, 'Of the health of seamen' from John Skiddy and George Conquest to G Collier and Joseph Banks

Reference number: L&P/7/104

Date: 25 November 1778

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Subject: Medicine

Read 22 April 1779

Reference number
L&P/7/104
Earliest possible date
25 November 1778
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
9 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letters, 'Of the health of seamen' from John Skiddy and George Conquest to G Collier and Joseph Banks, 25 November 1778, L&P/7/104, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_104/letters-of-the-health-of-seamen-from-john-skiddy-and-george-conquest-to-g-collier-and-joseph-banks, accessed on 13 January 2025

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