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Letter, 'Dumbness trested by electricity' from James Nooth to John Smith

Reference number: L&P/8/135

Date: 28 February 1783

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Subject: Medicine

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L&P/8/135
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28 February 1783
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Dumbness trested by electricity' from James Nooth to John Smith, 28 February 1783, L&P/8/135, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_8_135/letter-dumbness-trested-by-electricity-from-james-nooth-to-john-smith, accessed on 13 May 2026

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