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RefNoCLP/11i/6
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'Ippo - the Celebean poyson' by unknown author
Date[1665]
DescriptionPaper by an individual who lived in the Island of Celebes [Sulawesi, Indonesia] regarding ippo, the poisonous gum of an unidentified Indoensian tree. The author provides details about how the gum is collected and then applied to arrow heads. There was no known antidote for the poison.

Subject: Botany / Anthropology

Communicated by Charles Howard. Read to the Royal Society on 3 May 1665.
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordRBO/3/30
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8424Howard; Charles (1629 - 1685); 1st Earl of Carlisle; army officer and politician1629 - 1685
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