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Letter, 'A dropsical case' from John Latham to Joseph Warner

Reference number: L&P/7/72

Date: 28 October 1778

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Subject: Medicine

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of an extraordinary dropsical case. By Mr. John Latham, in a letter to Mr. Warner, F. R. S'

Read 17 December 1778

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L&P/7/72
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28 October 1778
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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John Latham

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John Latham, Letter, 'A dropsical case' from John Latham to Joseph Warner, 28 October 1778, L&P/7/72, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_72/letter-a-dropsical-case-from-john-latham-to-joseph-warner, accessed on 12 July 2025

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