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Paper, 'Of certain muscles...and the Eustachian tube' by James Douglas

Reference number: L&P/1/69

Date: 1741

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Paper was the Croonian Lecture for 1741.

Subject: Physiology

Read 18 March 1741.

Reference number
L&P/1/69
Earliest possible date
1741
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Ink on paper
Page extent
10 pages
Format
Manuscript

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James Douglas

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James Douglas, Paper, 'Of certain muscles...and the Eustachian tube' by James Douglas, 1741, L&P/1/69, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_69/paper-of-certain-musclesand-the-eustachian-tube-by-james-douglas, accessed on 16 June 2025

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