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Letter, 'Claiming priority in discovering the crystalline humor as muscular' from John Hunter to unknown recipient

Reference number: L&P/10/52

Date: 1793

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Subject: Medicine

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L&P/10/52
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1793
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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John Hunter

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John Hunter, Letter, 'Claiming priority in discovering the crystalline humor as muscular' from John Hunter to unknown recipient, 1793, L&P/10/52, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_10_52/letter-claiming-priority-in-discovering-the-crystalline-humor-as-muscular-from-john-hunter-to-unknown-recipient, accessed on 13 February 2025

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