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'An account of Inoculation for the Small Pox communicated in a Letter to Dr Rutty by Tim Forster Surgeon'

Reference number: RBO/14/62

Date: 1729

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Concerning the method used for smallpox inoculation.
Original letter dated 26 April 1729 at Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Read to the Royal Society on 26 June 1729

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RBO/14/62
Earliest possible date
1729
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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'An account of Inoculation for the Small Pox communicated in a Letter to Dr Rutty by Tim Forster Surgeon', 1729, RBO/14/62, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_14_62/an-account-of-inoculation-for-the-small-pox-communicated-in-a-letter-to-dr-rutty-by-tim-forster-surgeon, accessed on 09 October 2024

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