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Paper, 'Of the motion and sensibility of the Dura mater and brain' by James Johnstone

Reference number: L&P/3/253

Date: 22 March 1757

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Subject: Physiology

Read 6 June 1757

Reference number
L&P/3/253
Earliest possible date
22 March 1757
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Ink on paper
Page extent
7 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Of the motion and sensibility of the Dura mater and brain' by James Johnstone, 22 March 1757, L&P/3/253, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_253/paper-of-the-motion-and-sensibility-of-the-dura-mater-and-brain-by-james-johnstone, accessed on 19 July 2025

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