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RefNoL&P/4/277
LevelItem
TitleLetter, 'Of green hemlock only a palliative in a case of cancer' from Josiah Colebrooke to Thomas Birch
Date31 October 1765
DescriptionSubject: Medicine

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the sequel of the case of Anne James, who had taken the green hemlock: In a letter to the Rev. Thomas Birch, Secretary to the Royal Society, from Mr. Josiah Colebrooke, F. R. S'

Read 7 November 1765
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1765.0030
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8175Colebrooke; Josiah (- 1775) - 1775
NA8129Birch; Thomas (1705 - 1766)1705 - 1766
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