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Paper, 'Of a new method of opening the cornea' by Samuel Sharp

Reference number: L&P/2/443

Date: 1753

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Contains illustration.

Subject: Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A description of a new method of opening the cornea, in order to extract the crystalline humour; by Mr. Samuel Sharp, Surgeon to Guy's Hospital, and F. R. S'

Read 12 April 1753

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L&P/2/443
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1753
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Samuel Sharp

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Samuel Sharp, Paper, 'Of a new method of opening the cornea' by Samuel Sharp, 1753, L&P/2/443, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_443/paper-of-a-new-method-of-opening-the-cornea-by-samuel-sharp, accessed on 16 June 2026

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