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Letter, 'Of a diseased eye' from Daniel Peter Layard to Matthew Maty

Reference number: L&P/3/332

Date: 20 May 1758

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Subject: Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of an extraordinary case of a diseased eye: In a letter to Matthew Maty, M. D. F. R. S. By Daniel Peter Layard, M. D. F. R. S'

Read 9 November 1758

Reference number
L&P/3/332
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20 May 1758
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Ink on paper
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8 pages
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Manuscript

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Daniel Peter Layard

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Daniel Peter Layard, Letter, 'Of a diseased eye' from Daniel Peter Layard to Matthew Maty, 20 May 1758, L&P/3/332, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_332/letter-of-a-diseased-eye-from-daniel-peter-layard-to-matthew-maty, accessed on 15 October 2024

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