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Letter, 'Of a human spleen weighin 37 ounces' from Charles Nicholas Jenty to Thomas Birch

Reference number: L&P/3/25

Date: 1755

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Subject: Physiology

Read 19 May 1755

Reference number
L&P/3/25
Earliest possible date
1755
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of a human spleen weighin 37 ounces' from Charles Nicholas Jenty to Thomas Birch, 1755, L&P/3/25, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_25/letter-of-a-human-spleen-weighin-37-ounces-from-charles-nicholas-jenty-to-thomas-birch, accessed on 16 June 2025

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