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Paper, 'A boy cured of inward-turned feet' by W Milner

Reference number: L&P/2/3

Date: 05 November 1749

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Subject: Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'The case of Nicolas Reeks, who was born with his feet turned inwards, which came to rights after being some time used to sit cross-legged. Transmitted from Wm. Milner, Esq; at Poole, to Sir Peter Thompson, Knt, F. R. S'

Read 7 December 1749

Reference number
L&P/2/3
Earliest possible date
05 November 1749
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'A boy cured of inward-turned feet' by W Milner, 05 November 1749, L&P/2/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_3/paper-a-boy-cured-of-inward-turned-feet-by-w-milner, accessed on 12 July 2026

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