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Letter, 'Evidence of the uses of ganglions of nerves as proved by late experiments in animal electricity' from James Johnstone to Joseph Banks

Reference number: L&P/10/80

Date: 06 January 1794

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Subject: Medicine

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L&P/10/80
Earliest possible date
06 January 1794
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Ink on paper
Page extent
10 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Evidence of the uses of ganglions of nerves as proved by late experiments in animal electricity' from James Johnstone to Joseph Banks, 06 January 1794, L&P/10/80, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_10_80/letter-evidence-of-the-uses-of-ganglions-of-nerves-as-proved-by-late-experiments-in-animal-electricity-from-james-johnstone-to-joseph-banks, accessed on 10 April 2026

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