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Paper, 'Of the use of the ganglions of the nerves' by James Johnstone

Reference number: L&P/4/218

Date: 29 November 1763

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Subject: Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Essay on the use of the ganglions of the nerves: By James Johnstone, M.D. Communicated by the Right Rev. Charles Lord Bishop of Carlisle, and F. R. S'

Read 31 May 1764

Reference number
L&P/4/218
Earliest possible date
29 November 1763
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Ink on paper
Page extent
8 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Of the use of the ganglions of the nerves' by James Johnstone, 29 November 1763, L&P/4/218, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_218/paper-of-the-use-of-the-ganglions-of-the-nerves-by-james-johnstone, accessed on 11 February 2025

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