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RefNoCLP/14ii/46
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TitlePaper, 'De usu corticis Peruviani ad gangraenam et sphacelum' [On the use of Peruvian bark to cure gangrene and 'sphacelum'] by Johanne Shipton
Date[1733]
DescriptionShipton shares several case studies of the use of Peruvian bark in curing sicknesses including fever and gangrene. Shipton also asserts that Peruvian bark has antihaemorrhagic properties.

Subject: Medicine / Haematology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'De usu corticis peruviani ad gangrenam & sphacelum'

Read to the Royal Society on 8 March 1733
LanguageLatin
Extent10p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1731.0071
RelatedRecordRBO/18/34
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