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Letter, 'Of a boy who died of a gunshot wound' from Thomas Woolcombe to John Huxham

Reference number: L&P/5/160

Date: 25 June 1769

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Subject: Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter from Mr. Thomas Woolcomb, Surgeon, to the late Doctor Huxham, F. R. S. on the case of a boy, who died of a gun-shot wound, and communicated by the Rev. J. Cor. Huxham, A. M. F. R. S'

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Reference number
L&P/5/160
Earliest possible date
25 June 1769
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of a boy who died of a gunshot wound' from Thomas Woolcombe to John Huxham, 25 June 1769, L&P/5/160, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_160/letter-of-a-boy-who-died-of-a-gunshot-wound-from-thomas-woolcombe-to-john-huxham, accessed on 03 November 2024

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