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Letter, 'On M. Daran's bougie having been anticipated (with letters from John Ruding (surgeon) and a patient. Thomas Reynolds' from James Wallace to Peter Davall

Reference number: L&P/2/392

Date: 21 December 1752

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Subject: Physiology

Read 11 January 1753

Reference number
L&P/2/392
Earliest possible date
21 December 1752
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Ink on paper
Page extent
7 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'On M. Daran's bougie having been anticipated (with letters from John Ruding (surgeon) and a patient. Thomas Reynolds' from James Wallace to Peter Davall, 21 December 1752, L&P/2/392, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_392/letter-on-m-darans-bougie-having-been-anticipated-with-letters-from-john-ruding-surgeon-and-a-patient-thomas-reynolds-from-james-wallace-to-peter-davall, accessed on 13 June 2025

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