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Paper, 'An extraordinary case of fracture of the arm' by John Freke

Reference number: L&P/2/111

Date: 1750

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Subject: Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An extraordinary case of a fracture of the arm; communicated by Mr. John Freke, F. R. S. Surgeon to St. Bartholomew’s Hospital'

Read 5 April 1750

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L&P/2/111
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1750
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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John Freke

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John Freke, Paper, 'An extraordinary case of fracture of the arm' by John Freke, 1750, L&P/2/111, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_111/paper-an-extraordinary-case-of-fracture-of-the-arm-by-john-freke, accessed on 20 April 2025

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