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Subject: Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the case of William Carey, aged nineteen, whose tendons and muscles are turning into bones. In a letter to the Right Honourable the Lord Cadogan, F. R. S. from the Rev. William Henry, D. D. F. R. S'

Read 22 March 1759

Reference number
L&P/3/369
Earliest possible date
01 March 1759
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
5 pages
Format
Manuscript

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William Henry

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William Henry, Letter, 'A case of ossification of tendons in a young man' from William Henry and the Earl of Shelburne to William Cadogan, 01 March 1759, L&P/3/369, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_369/letter-a-case-of-ossification-of-tendons-in-a-young-man-from-william-henry-and-the-earl-of-shelburne-to-william-cadogan, accessed on 21 March 2025

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