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Letter, from Robert Haselfoot to Dr Beeston, dated at Harwich

Reference number: EL/H3/87

Date: 09 November 1705

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Concerning a man who had not defecated for seven months with observations of his post-mortem
Read to the Royal Society on 5 December 1705

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EL/H3/87
Earliest possible date
09 November 1705
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1 page
Format
Manuscript

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Robert Haselfoot

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Robert Haselfoot, Letter, from Robert Haselfoot to Dr Beeston, dated at Harwich, 09 November 1705, EL/H3/87, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h3_87/letter-from-robert-haselfoot-to-dr-beeston-dated-at-harwich, accessed on 09 May 2026

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