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Letter, 'The case of mortification described previously' from Charlton Wollaston to Thomas Birch

Reference number: L&P/4/124

Date: 29 October 1762

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Subject: Physiology

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L&P/4/124
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29 October 1762
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Charlton Wollaston

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Charlton Wollaston, Letter, 'The case of mortification described previously' from Charlton Wollaston to Thomas Birch, 29 October 1762, L&P/4/124, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_124/letter-the-case-of-mortification-described-previously-from-charlton-wollaston-to-thomas-birch, accessed on 25 June 2025

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