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Paper, 'A short account of Monsieur Le Cat's book entitles Traite des Sens [Treat the Senses]' by James Parsons

Reference number: L&P/1/144

Date: 1742

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Subject: Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A short account by James Parsons, M. D. F. R. S. of a book intituled, traité des sens, &c. by M. le Cat, M. D. F. R. S. printed at Rouen, 1740. 8vo.'

Read 16 December 1742

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L&P/1/144
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1742
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8 pages
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James Parsons

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James Parsons, Paper, 'A short account of Monsieur Le Cat's book entitles Traite des Sens [Treat the Senses]' by James Parsons, 1742, L&P/1/144, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_144/paper-a-short-account-of-monsieur-le-cats-book-entitles-traite-des-sens-treat-the-senses-by-james-parsons, accessed on 08 September 2024

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