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Letter, 'Of a horse bitten by a mad dog' from John Starr to J Huxham

Reference number: L&P/2/151

Date: 10 November 1749

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Subject: Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter from John Starr M. D. to John Huxham M. D. F. R. S. containing an account of an horse bit by a mad dog'

Read 21 June 1750

Reference number
L&P/2/151
Earliest possible date
10 November 1749
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
8 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of a horse bitten by a mad dog' from John Starr to J Huxham, 10 November 1749, L&P/2/151, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_151/letter-of-a-horse-bitten-by-a-mad-dog-from-john-starr-to-j-huxham, accessed on 08 August 2026

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