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RefNoEL/M3/6
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from T Madden to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Dublin
CreatorMadden; T (fl 1731)
Date29 April 1731
DescriptionAccount of the lethal effects of distilled water of laurel leaves on two women; observations of experiments using this liquid on dogs with details of post-mortems
On reverse is a note that William Rutty informed the Society that antidotes to the poison were tried; the dog which drank milk recovered
Read to the Royal Society on 17 June 1731
LanguageEnglish
Extent12p
FormatManuscript
Place originDublin, Leinster, Ireland
Origin coordinates53.33306, -6.24889
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialPrinted in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 37, no 418, p 84
RelatedRecordRBO/16/11
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/74980c5f-1f7f-4a1c-9dc6-88499a3b4dd3
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8055Mortimer; Cromwell (c 1699 - 1752)c 1699 - 1752
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