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Letter, from William Oliver to Richard Mead

Reference number: EL/O2/181

Date: 01 January 1723

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Concerning a woman who had a difficult birth because of a defective passage and had to be cut
Two engravings of woman attached
Read to the Royal Society on 24 October 1723

Reference number
EL/O2/181
Earliest possible date
01 January 1723
Page extent
7 pages
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Manuscript
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William Oliver

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William Oliver, Letter, from William Oliver to Richard Mead, 01 January 1723, EL/O2/181, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o2_181/letter-from-william-oliver-to-richard-mead, accessed on 26 April 2025

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