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Paper, 'On the sex of a child' by John Freke

Reference number: L&P/1/171

Date: 1742

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Subject: Anatomy

Read 3 March 1742

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L&P/1/171
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1742
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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John Freke

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John Freke, Paper, 'On the sex of a child' by John Freke, 1742, L&P/1/171, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_171/paper-on-the-sex-of-a-child-by-john-freke, accessed on 15 October 2024

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