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Letter, from Joseph Tanner to Mr Symondes, dated at Lowestoft

Reference number: EL/T/73

Date: 05 November 1725

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Concerning a man who voided an ivory-handled fork from his fundament because of being costive [constipated].

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EL/T/73
Earliest possible date
05 November 1725
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript
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Joseph Tanner

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Joseph Tanner, Letter, from Joseph Tanner to Mr Symondes, dated at Lowestoft, 05 November 1725, EL/T/73, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_t_73/letter-from-joseph-tanner-to-mr-symondes-dated-at-lowestoft, accessed on 21 January 2025

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