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Paper, 'Observations sur le scorbut [Observations on the scurvy]' by Charles De Mertans

Reference number: L&P/7/41

Date: 07 May 1778

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14 pages in French and 16 pages in English.

Subject: Medicine

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Observations on the scurvy'

Read 7 May 1778

Reference number
L&P/7/41
Earliest possible date
07 May 1778
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
30 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Observations sur le scorbut [Observations on the scurvy]' by Charles De Mertans, 07 May 1778, L&P/7/41, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_41/paper-observations-sur-le-scorbut-observations-on-the-scurvy-by-charles-de-mertans, accessed on 16 September 2024

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