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Letter, 'A singular case of convulsions' from Adair Hawkins to William Hunter

Reference number: L&P/7/203

Date: 18 December 1780

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Subject: Medicine

Read 10 May 1781

Reference number
L&P/7/203
Earliest possible date
18 December 1780
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'A singular case of convulsions' from Adair Hawkins to William Hunter, 18 December 1780, L&P/7/203, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_203/letter-a-singular-case-of-convulsions-from-adair-hawkins-to-william-hunter, accessed on 07 December 2024

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