Letter, from James Handley to James Jurin, dated at London
Reference number: EL/H3/120
Date: 06 January 1724
Description
Account of a patient who vomited a living caterpillar in December 1722
Handley sends the caterpillar in a test tube
Handley was a surgeon in St Albans
Read to the Royal Society on 9 January 1724
- Reference number
- EL/H3/120
- Earliest possible date
- 06 January 1724
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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James Handley, Letter, from James Handley to James Jurin, dated at London, 06 January 1724, EL/H3/120, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h3_120/letter-from-james-handley-to-james-jurin-dated-at-london, accessed on 10 July 2025
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