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Molesworth writes: 'The stone on which the impressions are cut, is a pebble, which belong'd to Mr Thomas Lutwyche [...] and was found in the gizzard of a cock which died after a long and lingering illness'.

Subject: Veterinary medicine

Read to the Royal Society on 8 April 1731

Reference number
CLP/15ii/22
Earliest possible date
1731
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, regarding a stone found in the gizzard of a cock by Dr Molesworth, 1731, CLP/15ii/22, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_15ii_22/paper-regarding-a-stone-found-in-the-gizzard-of-a-cock-by-dr-molesworth, accessed on 11 May 2026

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    Dates: 1592 - 1741

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