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'The Effects Of Tobacco-Oyle' by Daniel Cox

Reference number: RBO/3/29

Date: 3 May 1665

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That tobacco was distilled into three substances - liquor, oil and a salt
That a young man became very ill after putting a drop of tobacco oil on his tongue - that a cat went wild after taking one drop of the oil and died - Cox gives details of the dissection of cat

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RBO/3/29
Earliest possible date
3 May 1665
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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'The Effects Of Tobacco-Oyle' by Daniel Cox, 3 May 1665, RBO/3/29, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_3_29/the-effects-of-tobacco-oyle-by-daniel-cox, accessed on 14 December 2024

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