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Letter, 'Of a boy at Dorchester supposed to have been cured of blindness' from G Bent to Dr Lyttleton

Reference number: L&P/2/262

Date: 29 January 1752

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Subject: Physiology

Read 13 February 1752

Reference number
L&P/2/262
Earliest possible date
29 January 1752
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of a boy at Dorchester supposed to have been cured of blindness' from G Bent to Dr Lyttleton, 29 January 1752, L&P/2/262, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_262/letter-of-a-boy-at-dorchester-supposed-to-have-been-cured-of-blindness-from-g-bent-to-dr-lyttleton, accessed on 06 September 2026

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