Letter, from William Musgrave to Hans Sloane, dated at Exeter
Reference number: EL/M1/113
Date: 28 December 1699
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Concerning laryngotomy as a safe operation and presents the observations of John Keen, a chirurgeon in Cornwall, who states how the trachea can heal itself after being cut
Read to the Royal Society on 10 January 1699
- Reference number
- EL/M1/113
- Earliest possible date
- 28 December 1699
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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William Musgrave, Letter, from William Musgrave to Hans Sloane, dated at Exeter, 28 December 1699, EL/M1/113, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m1_113/letter-from-william-musgrave-to-hans-sloane-dated-at-exeter, accessed on 20 April 2025
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Hans Sloane
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