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RefNoCLP/10i/43
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'Method of finding the vertues of plants by their structure' by Dr [Patrick] Blair
Date[1719]
DescriptionPaper by Blair regarding ways that have been used to determine benefits of certain plants since ancient times. Blair explains how physical characteristics can be used to determine potential uses of plants.

Subject: Botany

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A discourse concerning a method of discovering the Virtues of Plants by their external structure, By the same'.

Read to the Royal Society on 25 February 1719.
Extent8p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1720.0010
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 31 (1720), p 30
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7756Blair; Patrick (fl 1706 - 1728); physician and botanistfl 1706 - 1728
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