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Letter, 'Of a uterine excrescence' from J Burton to Cromwell Mortimer

Reference number: L&P/2/167

Date: 28 March 1750

Description

Contains figure.

Subject: Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter from John Burton M. D. to C. Mortimer M. D. & Secr. R. S. concerning the extirpation of an excrescence from the womb'

Read 5 July 1750

Reference number
L&P/2/167
Earliest possible date
28 March 1750
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
5 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of a uterine excrescence' from J Burton to Cromwell Mortimer, 28 March 1750, L&P/2/167, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_167/letter-of-a-uterine-excrescence-from-j-burton-to-cromwell-mortimer, accessed on 22 April 2025

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