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Paper, 'Of the antiseptic power of alum' by Joshua Brookes

Reference number: L&P/8/94

Date: 1784

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Subject: Medicine

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L&P/8/94
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1784
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Ink on paper
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14 pages
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Manuscript

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Joshua Brookes

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Joshua Brookes, Paper, 'Of the antiseptic power of alum' by Joshua Brookes, 1784, L&P/8/94, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_8_94/paper-of-the-antiseptic-power-of-alum-by-joshua-brookes, accessed on 19 April 2025

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