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Paper, 'The foetus nourished in part by the liqor amnis' by Malcolm Fleming

Reference number: L&P/3/40

Date: 12 July 1755

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Subject: Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Some observation proving, that the fœtus is in part nourished by the liquor amnii'

Read 13 November 1755

Reference number
L&P/3/40
Earliest possible date
12 July 1755
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Ink on paper
Page extent
10 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'The foetus nourished in part by the liqor amnis' by Malcolm Fleming, 12 July 1755, L&P/3/40, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_40/paper-the-foetus-nourished-in-part-by-the-liqor-amnis-by-malcolm-fleming, accessed on 14 December 2024

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