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Letter, 'A case of fragility, flexibility and dissolution of bones' from Edward Cooper and B Gooch to the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/2/373

Date: 25 June 1753

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Subject: Physiology

Read 14 June 1753

Reference number
L&P/2/373
Earliest possible date
25 June 1753
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
9 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'A case of fragility, flexibility and dissolution of bones' from Edward Cooper and B Gooch to the Royal Society, 25 June 1753, L&P/2/373, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_373/letter-a-case-of-fragility-flexibility-and-dissolution-of-bones-from-edward-cooper-and-b-gooch-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 14 July 2025

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