Letter, from John Thorpe to [James] Petiver, dated at University College, Oxon [Oxford]
Reference number: EL/T/67
Date: 24 July 1704
Description
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
- Reference number
- EL/T/67
- Earliest possible date
- 24 July 1704
- Page extent
- 7 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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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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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL -
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James Petiver
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John Thorpe
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