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Paper, regarding a short arm bone by unknown author

Reference number: CLP/12ii/26

Date: 1725

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Paper describing a bone which originally belonged to a man known as short-armed Jackson. The bone was sent to the Royal Society by John Goodwyn, surgeon at Kings Lynne [King's Lynn], Norfolk.

Subject: Anatomy

Read to the Royal Society on 25 November 1725.

Reference number
CLP/12ii/26
Earliest possible date
1725
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, regarding a short arm bone by unknown author, 1725, CLP/12ii/26, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_12ii_26/paper-regarding-a-short-arm-bone-by-unknown-author, accessed on 21 April 2026

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