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RefNoEL/S2/27
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Pierre Silvestre [to the Royal Society] dated at London
CreatorSilvestre; Pierre (-1718); physician; physician to marchal de Schomberg
Date15 October 1700
DescriptionDetails of the work of Italian philosophers (Pompeio, Sbaragli, Tozzi, Bonnari, Boccone, Giannetasi, Bellini); details of how surgery is practiced in Italy and gives observations of a tumour in the thyroid
Read to the Royal Society on 30 October 1700
LanguageEnglish
Extent8p
FormatManuscript
Place originLondon, England
Origin coordinates51.50853, -0.12574
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AccessStatusOpen
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/80321e4e-a29e-4216-8602-85b5e60f8652
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8367Silvestre; Pierre (c 1662 - 1718); physicianc 1662 - 1718
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