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Letter, from John Woolhouse to William Rutty, dated at Paris

Reference number: EL/W3/120

Date: 22 March 1728

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Presents his operation on the 'lachrymal fistula' and states that he will send details of the sixty-six different ways of operating on eyes

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EL/W3/120
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22 March 1728
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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John Thomas Woolhouse

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John Thomas Woolhouse, Letter, from John Woolhouse to William Rutty, dated at Paris, 22 March 1728, EL/W3/120, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w3_120/letter-from-john-woolhouse-to-william-rutty-dated-at-paris, accessed on 13 October 2024

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    Dates: 1613-1740

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