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Paper, 'Of a foetus with an imperfect brain and some supplementary observations on the use of ganglions' by James Johnstone

Reference number: L&P/4/373

Date: 1767

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Subject: Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'History of a fœtus born with a very imperfect brain; to which is subjoined a supplement of the essay on the use of ganglions, published in Philos. Trans. for 1764'

Read 5 March 1767

Reference number
L&P/4/373
Earliest possible date
1767
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
10 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Of a foetus with an imperfect brain and some supplementary observations on the use of ganglions' by James Johnstone, 1767, L&P/4/373, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_373/paper-of-a-foetus-with-an-imperfect-brain-and-some-supplementary-observations-on-the-use-of-ganglions-by-james-johnstone, accessed on 09 December 2024

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