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Letter, 'Influence of the imagination in pregnancy' from John Huxham to the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/4/311

Date: 6 July 1765

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Subject: Physiology

Read 20 May 1766

Reference number
L&P/4/311
Earliest possible date
6 July 1765
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Ink on paper
Page extent
5 pages
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Manuscript

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John Huxham

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John Huxham, Letter, 'Influence of the imagination in pregnancy' from John Huxham to the Royal Society, 6 July 1765, L&P/4/311, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_311/letter-influence-of-the-imagination-in-pregnancy-from-john-huxham-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 17 February 2025

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