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I had the satisfaction of seeing Mrs BUCHAN last night in very good health ,
Yours , & c . William SMELLIE . ILLIAM LL No . LII . Dr William Buchan to Mr
WILLIAM SMELLIE . . Dear SMELLIE , I had your letter some time ago without
date * , so ...
I had the satisfaction of seeing Mrs BUCHAN last night in very good health ,
Yours , & c . William SMELLIE . ILLIAM LL No . LII . Dr William Buchan to Mr
WILLIAM SMELLIE . . Dear SMELLIE , I had your letter some time ago without
date * , so ...
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W . BUCHAN . It is difficult to explain some of the rather vague allusions
employed by Dr Buchan in the foregoing letter , and which delicacy has even
induced us to render less obvious . Dr CULLEN was for many years one of the
brightest ...
W . BUCHAN . It is difficult to explain some of the rather vague allusions
employed by Dr Buchan in the foregoing letter , and which delicacy has even
induced us to render less obvious . Dr CULLEN was for many years one of the
brightest ...
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In one of the paragraphs of this letter , Dị Buchan is rather fastidiously
hypercritical in his observations on the common Edinburgh name of the
Cynanche Trachealis of nosologists . It has received its Scots name of Croup
from a somewhat ...
In one of the paragraphs of this letter , Dị Buchan is rather fastidiously
hypercritical in his observations on the common Edinburgh name of the
Cynanche Trachealis of nosologists . It has received its Scots name of Croup
from a somewhat ...
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Certain is , however , that Dr BUCHAN actually gave his bill for an hundred
pounds to Mr Smellie , in payment of his services upon this occasion ; and this bill
is still in the hands of Mr JAMES Gentle writer in Edinburgh . Mr . Smellie
collected ...
Certain is , however , that Dr BUCHAN actually gave his bill for an hundred
pounds to Mr Smellie , in payment of his services upon this occasion ; and this bill
is still in the hands of Mr JAMES Gentle writer in Edinburgh . Mr . Smellie
collected ...
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W . BUCHAN . 1 No . LVI . To Mr William Smellie from Dr William BUCHAN . Dear
Smellie , No date . Your favour of the 20th ultimo came duly to hand . I am glad to
hear that you have tolerable success in collecting subscriptions , as that is an ...
W . BUCHAN . 1 No . LVI . To Mr William Smellie from Dr William BUCHAN . Dear
Smellie , No date . Your favour of the 20th ultimo came duly to hand . I am glad to
hear that you have tolerable success in collecting subscriptions , as that is an ...
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