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Letter, from Robert Payne to James Jurin, dated at Lowestoft

Reference number: EL/P2/3

Date: 05 November 1725

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Man who voided an ivory-handled fork from his fundament because of being costive
Payne was a surgeon in Lowestoft

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EL/P2/3
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05 November 1725
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2 pages
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Manuscript
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Robert Payne

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Robert Payne, Letter, from Robert Payne to James Jurin, dated at Lowestoft, 05 November 1725, EL/P2/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_p2_3/letter-from-robert-payne-to-james-jurin-dated-at-lowestoft, accessed on 18 September 2024

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