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Letter, from William Derham [to the Royal Society], dated at Upminster

Reference number: EL/D1/57

Date: 30 May 1712

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Observations of sea-life at Harwich; and details of a lady who had the bones of her foetus expelled through her navel
Read to the Royal Society on 5 June 1712

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EL/D1/57
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30 May 1712
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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William Derham

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William Derham, William Derham, Letter, from William Derham [to the Royal Society], dated at Upminster, 30 May 1712, EL/D1/57, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_d1_57/letter-from-william-derham-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-upminster, accessed on 20 January 2026

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