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Letter, 'Of the case of a man who died after swallowing molten lead at the Eddystone fire' from John Huxham to William Watson

Reference number: L&P/3/102

Date: 31 January 1756

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Subject: Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the case of a man who died of the effects of the fire at Eddy-stone Light-house'

Read 5 February 1756

Reference number
L&P/3/102
Earliest possible date
31 January 1756
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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John Huxham

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John Huxham, Letter, 'Of the case of a man who died after swallowing molten lead at the Eddystone fire' from John Huxham to William Watson, 31 January 1756, L&P/3/102, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_102/letter-of-the-case-of-a-man-who-died-after-swallowing-molten-lead-at-the-eddystone-fire-from-john-huxham-to-william-watson, accessed on 03 December 2024

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