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Letter, 'Three surgical cases' from John Huxham to William Watson

Reference number: L&P/4/106

Date: 05 February 1762

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Subject: Medicine

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Extract of a letter from John Huxham, M. D. F. R. S. to William Watson, M. D. F. R. S. dated to Plymouth, February 5, 1762, relating to two remarkable cases in surgery'

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L&P/4/106
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05 February 1762
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Ink on paper
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6 pages
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Manuscript

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John Huxham

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John Huxham, Letter, 'Three surgical cases' from John Huxham to William Watson, 05 February 1762, L&P/4/106, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_106/letter-three-surgical-cases-from-john-huxham-to-william-watson, accessed on 18 January 2025

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