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Letter, 'Sensibility and irritability in animals' from Richard Brocklesby to Thomas Birch

Reference number: L&P/3/36

Date: 1755

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Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of some experiments on the sensibility and irritability of the several parts of animals; In a letter from Richard Brocklesby, M. D. F. R. S. To the Reverend Thomas Birch, D. D. Secr. R. S'

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L&P/3/36
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1755
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Ink on paper
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6 pages
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Manuscript

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Richard Brocklesby

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Richard Brocklesby, Letter, 'Sensibility and irritability in animals' from Richard Brocklesby to Thomas Birch, 1755, L&P/3/36, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_36/letter-sensibility-and-irritability-in-animals-from-richard-brocklesby-to-thomas-birch, accessed on 14 June 2025

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