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Letter, 'Of a pretended hermaphrodite shown in London' from James Parsons to the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/2/184

Date: 1750

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Subject: Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter to the President, concerning the hermaphrodite shewn in London:'

Read 4 March 1750

Reference number
L&P/2/184
Earliest possible date
1750
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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James Parsons

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James Parsons, Letter, 'Of a pretended hermaphrodite shown in London' from James Parsons to the Royal Society, 1750, L&P/2/184, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_184/letter-of-a-pretended-hermaphrodite-shown-in-london-from-james-parsons-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 10 December 2023

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