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Letter, from John Thorpe to [James] Petiver, dated at University College, Oxon [Oxford]

Reference number: EL/T/67

Date: 24 July 1704

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Account of a 'worm' found in the cells between the 'lamina' of the 'os frontis' of a sheep's brain; provides quotes from historical writers of medicine on this topic
Read to the Royal Society on 8 November 1704

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EL/T/67
Earliest possible date
24 July 1704
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7 pages
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Manuscript

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John Thorpe

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John Thorpe, John Thorpe, Letter, from John Thorpe to [James] Petiver, dated at University College, Oxon [Oxford], 24 July 1704, EL/T/67, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_t_67/letter-from-john-thorpe-to-james-petiver-dated-at-university-college-oxon-oxford, accessed on 14 February 2026

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    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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