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Paper, 'Of an uncommon large hernia' by George Carlisle

Reference number: L&P/4/331

Date: 13 April 1766

Description

Contains two plates.

Subject: Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of an uncommon large hernia, in a letter from Dr. George Carlisle, to the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Carlisle, F. R. S'

Read 15 May 1766

Reference number
L&P/4/331
Earliest possible date
13 April 1766
Physical description
Ink on paper and two plates
Page extent
12 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Of an uncommon large hernia' by George Carlisle, 13 April 1766, L&P/4/331, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_331/paper-of-an-uncommon-large-hernia-by-george-carlisle, accessed on 26 April 2025

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