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Letter, 'Sectio oculorum duorum cataracta affectorum' from unknown author to Samuel Molyneux

Reference number: CLP/12ii/20

Date: 1724?

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Extract of a letter in which the author describes the the effect of cataracts in both eyes.

Subject: Medicine

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Sectio oculorum duorum cataractâ affectorum. Epistola domini ad Samuelem Molyneux armigerum, serenissimo principi Walliæ a secretis, R. S. S'.

Read to the Royal Society on 29 October 1724.

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CLP/12ii/20
Earliest possible date
1724?
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Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Sectio oculorum duorum cataracta affectorum' from unknown author to Samuel Molyneux, 1724?, CLP/12ii/20, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_12ii_20/letter-sectio-oculorum-duorum-cataracta-affectorum-from-unknown-author-to-samuel-molyneux, accessed on 09 February 2026

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