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RefNoCLP/14ii/30
LevelItem
TitleExtract, 'An account of a sleepy disorder with its uncommon cures in a letter from Rome dated April 25 1730' by unknown author
Date25 April 1730
DescriptionThe author shares an acccount of a woman who lived in Rome and could sleep for days at a time. Her family were only able to wake her up by laying her on the ground.

Subject: Physiology

Read to the Royal Society on 28 May 1730
LanguageEnglish
Latin
Extent8p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
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