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Letter, 'Of the vapour bath in Hydrocephalus infernus' from Alexander Hunter to unknown recipient

Reference number: L&P/7/206

Date: 04 April 1781

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Subject: Medicine

Read 17 May 1781

Reference number
L&P/7/206
Earliest possible date
04 April 1781
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Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Alexander Hunter

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Alexander Hunter, Letter, 'Of the vapour bath in Hydrocephalus infernus' from Alexander Hunter to unknown recipient, 04 April 1781, L&P/7/206, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_206/letter-of-the-vapour-bath-in-hydrocephalus-infernus-from-alexander-hunter-to-unknown-recipient, accessed on 19 August 2026

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