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Ref NoDEP/CUL/1/3/19
TitleLetter from an unnamed correspondent to William Cullen
Datec1787
Description Of ItemHe complains of the 'affected words' Cullen used in 'First Lines' which he lists, words such as 'pyrexia, apyrexia' etc. 'Is this the language of [Thomas] Sydenham, [Herman] Boerhaave and other writers of established credit?' He asks Cullen to use more common words in the future. He also objects to Cullen's use of roman numerals. Undated. In index.
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