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Lower describes a 'spongy excess' growing from the eye of a horse, which he believes has not previously been studied.

Subject: Zoology / Veterinary medicine

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An observation concerning a blemish in an horses eye, not hitherto discover'd by any author; which may be of great use in the choice of an horse those who are curious; made by Dr. Richard Lower at the Royal Society, January 23. 1667'

Read to the Royal Society on 6 February 1667

Reference number
CLP/15i/19
Earliest possible date
1667
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Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Richard Lower

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Richard Lower, Paper, regarding a blemish in the eye of a horse by Richard Lower, 1667, CLP/15i/19, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_15i_19/paper-regarding-a-blemish-in-the-eye-of-a-horse-by-richard-lower, accessed on 15 March 2025

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    The 'Classified Papers' of the Royal Society are papers from British and international natural philosophers and scholars categorised according to subject areas.

    Dates: 1592 - 1741

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