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Letter, 'Concerning the post-mortem examination of the body of the late King' from Frank Nicholls to George Parker

Reference number: L&P/4/86

Date: 20 October 1761

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Subject: Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Observations concerning the body of his late Majesty, October 26, 1760'

Read 26 November 1761

Reference number
L&P/4/86
Earliest possible date
20 October 1761
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
9 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Frank Nicholls

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Frank Nicholls, Letter, 'Concerning the post-mortem examination of the body of the late King' from Frank Nicholls to George Parker, 20 October 1761, L&P/4/86, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_86/letter-concerning-the-post-mortem-examination-of-the-body-of-the-late-king-from-frank-nicholls-to-george-parker, accessed on 11 October 2024

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