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Extract of a letter, from Mr Samson to Mr [Edmund] King, dated at Montpellier

Reference number: EL/S1/39

Date: 19 December 1665

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Concerning Descartes' theory of muscles; concerning unusual observations of a dissected human body; concerning the plague

Reference number
EL/S1/39
Earliest possible date
19 December 1665
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Extract of a letter, from Mr Samson to Mr [Edmund] King, dated at Montpellier, 19 December 1665, EL/S1/39, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_s1_39/extract-of-a-letter-from-mr-samson-to-mr-edmund-king-dated-at-montpellier, accessed on 10 February 2025

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