Letter, 'Concerning the case of the woman who continues to speak without a tongue; the case of Margaret Cutting' from Benjamin Beddington to Henry Baker
Reference number: L&P/1/85
Date: 10 April 1742
Description
Letter of 10 April 1742 by Beddington who writes he took 'Mr Notcutt, a Minister, a learned and curious Gentlemand,and Dr Hamond, who could understand anatomy perfectly' to observe Margaret Cutting, the tongueless girl.
Includes also a statement dated 9 April 1742 by Benjamin Beddington, William Notcutt and William Hamond, Apothecary concerning Margaret Cutting.
Statement of 9 March 1741/2 by Margaret Cutting.
Statement of 20 March 174/12 by Mr John Dennis and Mr Gabriel Daniells of their having seen and examined the young woman without a tongue.
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/1/85
- Earliest possible date
- 10 April 1742
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- 10 pages
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- Manuscript
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Letter, 'Concerning the case of the woman who continues to speak without a tongue; the case of Margaret Cutting' from Benjamin Beddington to Henry Baker, 10 April 1742, L&P/1/85, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_85/letter-concerning-the-case-of-the-woman-who-continues-to-speak-without-a-tongue-the-case-of-margaret-cutting-from-benjamin-beddington-to-henry-baker, accessed on 14 May 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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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
Creator: Edward Milward Reference number: L&P/1/84
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Letters and Papers of a scientific nature submitted for publication by the Royal Society
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Decade 1 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1741-1746 Reference number: L&P/1
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