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Paper, 'The lymphatic system in fish' by William Hewson

Reference number: L&P/5/126

Date: 19 June 1769

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Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the lymphatic system in fish. By the same'

Read 16 November 1769

Reference number
L&P/5/126
Earliest possible date
19 June 1769
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Ink on paper
Page extent
15 pages
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Manuscript

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William Hewson

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William Hewson, Paper, 'The lymphatic system in fish' by William Hewson, 19 June 1769, L&P/5/126, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_126/paper-the-lymphatic-system-in-fish-by-william-hewson, accessed on 14 January 2026

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