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Original dated 20 June 1729
Further thoughts on classifying simple 'Materia medica' into taste or smell, chemical analysis and experiments, and their effects on the bodies
Read to the Royal Society on 29 January 1729

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RBO/14/96
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1729
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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'An account of a Letter from Dr John Rutty of Dublin to Dr W Rutty' by Mr John Martyn, 1729, RBO/14/96, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_14_96/an-account-of-a-letter-from-dr-john-rutty-of-dublin-to-dr-w-rutty-by-mr-john-martyn, accessed on 14 May 2025

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