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Extract of a letter, from Robert Clarke to Martin Lister, dated at Lincoln

Reference number: EL/C2/31

Date: 08 November 1697

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Concerning the death of a mastiff dog upon hearing a volley of shots from soldiers's rifles
Asking Lister's opinion about a man who has coughed up something (as depicted in figure) and asks what it could be
Lister adds a comment that it might be 'polypus's of the lungs'
Read to the Royal Society on 17 November 1697

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EL/C2/31
Earliest possible date
08 November 1697
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

Creator name

Robert Clarke

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Robert Clarke, Extract of a letter, from Robert Clarke to Martin Lister, dated at Lincoln, 08 November 1697, EL/C2/31, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c2_31/extract-of-a-letter-from-robert-clarke-to-martin-lister-dated-at-lincoln, accessed on 04 December 2024

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