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Letter, 'Of a supposed cure for blindness by electricity' from Thomas Meech to Lord Willoughby

Reference number: L&P/2/277

Date: 22 January 1752

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Subject: Medicine

Read 19 March 1752

Reference number
L&P/2/277
Earliest possible date
22 January 1752
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Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of a supposed cure for blindness by electricity' from Thomas Meech to Lord Willoughby, 22 January 1752, L&P/2/277, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_277/letter-of-a-supposed-cure-for-blindness-by-electricity-from-thomas-meech-to-lord-willoughby, accessed on 25 March 2025

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