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Paper, 'Of new obtetric instruments' by John Burton

Reference number: L&P/2/152

Date: 17 January 1750

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Contains fourteen figures.

Subject: Medicine

Read 21 June 1750

Reference number
L&P/2/152
Earliest possible date
17 January 1750
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
10 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Of new obtetric instruments' by John Burton, 17 January 1750, L&P/2/152, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_152/paper-of-new-obtetric-instruments-by-john-burton, accessed on 20 June 2025

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