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How Did Californ And His Brother Erasmus Contribute To This Case Study?
His older siblings took good care of him, under the Doctor's watchful eye. Early letters indicate that he and his brother Erasmus were enthusiastic amateur chemists, and after his brother went up to Cambridge their letters were often full of possible experiments, orders to purchase chemicals and equipment for their ‘laboratory’, and discussions of the latest

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