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RefNoRBO/21/9
AltRefNoRBO.21.41
LevelItem
Title'Concerning the Cure of the Bite of a Viper by Salad Oil' by Abraham Vater
Date1737
Description'An Abstract by Doctor Mortimer of an inaugural Dissertation publish'd the last year at Wittemberg by Doctor Abraham Vater'
That Vater first became aware of the use of olive oil as an antidote to viper's bite in a letter from Conrad Sprengell to William Oliver in 1734
LanguageEnglish
Extent5 sides
FormatManuscript
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialPrinted in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 40, no 451, p 440
RelatedRecordCLP/22ii/80
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA4900Vater; Abraham (1684 - 1751)1684 - 1751
NA8055Mortimer; Cromwell (c 1699 - 1752)c 1699 - 1752
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