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Paper, 'The effects of small-pox on the foetus in utero' by William Watson

Reference number: L&P/2/2

Date: 1749

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Subject: Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Some accounts of the fœtus in utero being differently affected by the small pox'

Read 7 December 1749

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

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William Watson

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William Watson, Paper, 'The effects of small-pox on the foetus in utero' by William Watson, 1749, L&P/2/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_2/paper-the-effects-of-small-pox-on-the-foetus-in-utero-by-william-watson, accessed on 15 March 2025

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