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Note on natural evacuation by R Pitt

Reference number: EL/P1/99

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Details of a woman who did not defecate for three months
Read to the Royal Society on 10 August 1698

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EL/P1/99
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

R. Pitt

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R. Pitt, Note on natural evacuation by R Pitt, EL/P1/99, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_p1_99/note-on-natural-evacuation-by-r-pitt, accessed on 21 January 2026

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    The archival collection known as 'Early Letters' is composed of original manuscript letters sent to, or collected by, the Royal Society from English and foreign correspondents.

    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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