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Paper, 'Of a child, a 'lusus naturae'' from C Warrick

Reference number: L&P/1/118

Date: 21 April 1742

Description

2 pages with drawings and covering letter of 1 page.

Subject: Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A remarkable conformation, or 'lusus naturæ', in a child'.

Read 1 July 1742.

Reference number
L&P/1/118
Earliest possible date
21 April 1742
Physical description
Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
8 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Of a child, a 'lusus naturae'' from C Warrick, 21 April 1742, L&P/1/118, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_118/paper-of-a-child-a-lusus-naturae-from-c-warrick, accessed on 10 December 2024

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