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Letter, 'Of a supposed hermaphrodite' from Watson to the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/5/219

Date: 30 January 1771

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Subject: Physiology

Read 19 February 1771

Reference number
L&P/5/219
Earliest possible date
30 January 1771
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Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of a supposed hermaphrodite' from Watson to the Royal Society, 30 January 1771, L&P/5/219, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_219/letter-of-a-supposed-hermaphrodite-from-watson-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 13 December 2024

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