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'The Case of M Castel's Child attested by Conrad Sprengell, Alexander Gordon, John Ranby and Richard Castell'

Reference number: RBO/15/9

Date: 1730

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Details of the post-mortem of the child who had had smallpox and had been inoculated
Read to the Royal Society on 18 June 1730

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RBO/15/9
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1730
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1 page
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'The Case of M Castel's Child attested by Conrad Sprengell, Alexander Gordon, John Ranby and Richard Castell', 1730, RBO/15/9, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_15_9/the-case-of-m-castels-child-attested-by-conrad-sprengell-alexander-gordon-john-ranby-and-richard-castell, accessed on 11 March 2026

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