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'distemper by Pledgets of Cotton in the Nostrils: and which is there called the method of sowing the Small-pox'
Details of the drugs, plants and minerals used
Translated from the French by Philip Zollman
Read to the Royal Society on 11 May 1732

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RBO/17/27
Earliest possible date
1732
Page extent
28 pages
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Manuscript

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Concerns the treatment of smallpox in ancient China by Father Dentrecolle in his letter to Father du Halde, 1732, RBO/17/27, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_17_27/concerns-the-treatment-of-smallpox-in-ancient-china-by-father-dentrecolle-in-his-letter-to-father-du-halde, accessed on 18 August 2026

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