Paper, regarding a blemish in the eye of a horse by Richard Lower
Reference number: CLP/15i/19
Date: 1667

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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
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- CLP/15i/19
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- 1667
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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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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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. 166 7 8 External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 3rd December 1666
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1666.0063
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'An Observations concerning a Blemish in an Horses eye; not hitherto discovered by any Author which may be of great use in the Choice of a Horse, to those that are curious' by Richard Lower
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Dates: 1592 - 1741
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