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Paper, 'An observation of a spina bifida' by George Aylett

Reference number: L&P/1/256

Date: 30 September 1740

Description

Contains a small printed illustration

Subject: Anatomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An observation of a spina bifida, commonly so termed'

Read 2 February 1743.

Reference number
L&P/1/256
Earliest possible date
30 September 1740
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'An observation of a spina bifida' by George Aylett, 30 September 1740, L&P/1/256, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_256/paper-an-observation-of-a-spina-bifida-by-george-aylett, accessed on 24 April 2025

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