Letter, 'Concerning the case of the woman who continues to speak without a tongue; the case of Margaret Cutting' from Edward Milward to Cromwell Mortimer
Reference number: L&P/1/84
Date: 26 April 1742
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Subject: Physiology
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of Margaret Cutting, a young woman, now living at Wickham Market in Suffolk, who speaks readily and intelligibly, though she has lost her tongue'.
Read 29 April 1742.
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- L&P/1/84
- Earliest possible date
- 26 April 1742
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 7 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Edward Milward, Letter, 'Concerning the case of the woman who continues to speak without a tongue; the case of Margaret Cutting' from Edward Milward to Cromwell Mortimer, 26 April 1742, L&P/1/84, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_84/letter-concerning-the-case-of-the-woman-who-continues-to-speak-without-a-tongue-the-case-of-margaret-cutting-from-edward-milward-to-cromwell-mortimer, accessed on 15 June 2025
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XI. An account of Margaret Cutting, a young woman, now living at Wickham Market in Suffolk, who speaks readily and intelligibly, though she has lost her tongue External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1743
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1742.0037
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