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Letter, from Claude Amyand to Dr Wilson, to be delivered to the Society of Physicians and Surgeons, meeting at the Queen's Arms tavern in St Pauls churchyard, dated at Ghent

Reference number: EL/A/51

Date: 30 January 1708

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An account of metal found in the stomach of a man upon his post-mortem by Mr Ricks
This occurred in Ostende, Belgium

Subject: Physiology
Read to the Royal Society on 7 April 1708

Reference number
EL/A/51
Earliest possible date
30 January 1708
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Claude Amyand

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Claude Amyand, Letter, from Claude Amyand to Dr Wilson, to be delivered to the Society of Physicians and Surgeons, meeting at the Queen's Arms tavern in St Pauls churchyard, dated at Ghent, 30 January 1708, EL/A/51, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_a_51/letter-from-claude-amyand-to-dr-wilson-to-be-delivered-to-the-society-of-physicians-and-surgeons-meeting-at-the-queens-arms-tavern-in-st-pauls-churchyard-dated-at-ghent, accessed on 13 October 2024

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