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Letter, 'Of a body in a vault of Staverton Church, Devon' from John Huxham and Nicholas Tripe to Thomas Stack

Reference number: L&P/2/229

Date: 29 June 1750

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Subject: Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Extracts of several letters from John Huxham, M .D. of Plymouth, F. R. S. and Mr. Tripe, Surgeon, at Ashburton in Devonshire, concerning a body found in a vault in the church of Staverton in that county: Communicated by Thomas Stack, M. D. F. R. S'

Read 24 October 1751

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L&P/2/229
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29 June 1750
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12 pages
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John Huxham, Letter, 'Of a body in a vault of Staverton Church, Devon' from John Huxham and Nicholas Tripe to Thomas Stack, 29 June 1750, L&P/2/229, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_229/letter-of-a-body-in-a-vault-of-staverton-church-devon-from-john-huxham-and-nicholas-tripe-to-thomas-stack, accessed on 11 September 2024

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