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Letter, 'Of worms in animal bodies' from Frank Nicholls to Thomas Birch

Reference number: L&P/3/37

Date: 06 November 1755

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Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of worms in animal bodies. In a letter to Tho. Birch, D. D . Secr. R. S. from Frank Nicholls, M. D. Med. Reg. and F. R. S'

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Reference number
L&P/3/37
Earliest possible date
06 November 1755
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Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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Frank Nicholls

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Frank Nicholls, Letter, 'Of worms in animal bodies' from Frank Nicholls to Thomas Birch, 06 November 1755, L&P/3/37, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_37/letter-of-worms-in-animal-bodies-from-frank-nicholls-to-thomas-birch, accessed on 04 December 2023

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