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Letter, 'Of the Morbus strangularitorius' from John Starr to Cromwell Mortimer

Reference number: L&P/2/136

Date: 10 January 1749

Description

Contains two figures.

Subject: Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the Morbus Strangulatorius, communicated in a letter from John Starr, M. D. to C. Mortimer, M. D. Secret. R. S. &c'

Read 24 May 1750

Reference number
L&P/2/136
Earliest possible date
10 January 1749
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
20 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of the Morbus strangularitorius' from John Starr to Cromwell Mortimer, 10 January 1749, L&P/2/136, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_136/letter-of-the-morbus-strangularitorius-from-john-starr-to-cromwell-mortimer, accessed on 21 July 2026

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