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Letter, from John Haselocke to Edward Waterhouse

Reference number: EL/H1/89

Date: 01 January 1663

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Account of a young girl who had tumour removed from her breast
Note on reverse states that it was a steatoma - a fatty mass retained within a sebaceous gland
Read to the Royal Society on 20 January 1663

Reference number
EL/H1/89
Earliest possible date
01 January 1663
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript
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John Haselocke

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John Haselocke, Letter, from John Haselocke to Edward Waterhouse, 01 January 1663, EL/H1/89, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h1_89/letter-from-john-haselocke-to-edward-waterhouse, accessed on 10 December 2024

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    Dates: 1613-1740

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