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Account of a disease common in Switzerland called 'nostalgia' by John Jacob Scheuchzer

Reference number: RBO/9/65

Date: 1707

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Read to the Royal Society on 17 March 1707

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RBO/9/65
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1707
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10 pages
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Manuscript

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Account of a disease common in Switzerland called 'nostalgia' by John Jacob Scheuchzer, 1707, RBO/9/65, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_9_65/account-of-a-disease-common-in-switzerland-called-nostalgia-by-john-jacob-scheuchzer, accessed on 12 July 2025

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