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Letter, 'Of a case of ossification of muscles' from William Henry to William Cadogan

Reference number: L&P/4/75

Date: 30 April 1761

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Subject: Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A further account of the case of William Carey, whose muscles began to be ossified: In a letter to the Right Honourable the Lord Cadogan, F. R. S. from the Rev. William Henry, D. D. F. R. S'

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L&P/4/75
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30 April 1761
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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William Henry

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William Henry, Letter, 'Of a case of ossification of muscles' from William Henry to William Cadogan, 30 April 1761, L&P/4/75, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_75/letter-of-a-case-of-ossification-of-muscles-from-william-henry-to-william-cadogan, accessed on 12 December 2024

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