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Letter, 'Of extracting the bones of a foetus' from Thomas Debenham to Dr Brattie

Reference number: L&P/2/97

Date: 26 January 1751

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Subject: Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'The case of a woman, from whom the bones of a fœtus were extracted'

Read 7 February 1751

Reference number
L&P/2/97
Earliest possible date
26 January 1751
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of extracting the bones of a foetus' from Thomas Debenham to Dr Brattie, 26 January 1751, L&P/2/97, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_97/letter-of-extracting-the-bones-of-a-foetus-from-thomas-debenham-to-dr-brattie, accessed on 10 July 2025

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