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Account of a dissection of a 70-year-old man who had a tumour on the kidney
Read to the Royal Society on 16 March 1726

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EL/R1/69
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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John Ranby

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John Ranby, Letter, from John Ranby to James Jurin, EL/R1/69, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_r1_69/letter-from-john-ranby-to-james-jurin, accessed on 07 February 2025

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  • Early Letters

    Dates: 1613-1740

    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.

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