Letter, concerning epilepsy and cataracts from Waltheri Curiosi Rhaeti to [John Thomas] Woolhouse
Reference number: CLP/12ii/45
Date: 1727
Description
Rhaeti provides observations on the autopsies of the heads of three individuals who died of epilepsy, as well as observations of cataracts from his experiences.
Subject: Physiology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Quædam notabilia in cerebris trium epilepsiâ mortuorum observata, quibus accedit historia de substantiâ cataractæ'.
Read to the Royal Society on 27 July 1727.
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- CLP/12ii/45
- Earliest possible date
- 1727
- Physical description
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- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Letter, concerning epilepsy and cataracts from Waltheri Curiosi Rhaeti to [John Thomas] Woolhouse, 1727, CLP/12ii/45, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_12ii_45/letter-concerning-epilepsy-and-cataracts-from-waltheri-curiosi-rhaeti-to-john-thomas-woolhouse, accessed on 15 October 2024
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