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Letter, 'Of the lymphatic system in birds' from William Hewson to William Hunter

Reference number: L&P/5/49

Date: 1768

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Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the lymphatic system in birds; by Mr. William Hewson, Reader in Anatomy: In a letter to William Hunter, M.D. F. R. S. and by him communicated to the Society'

Read 8 December 1768

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L&P/5/49
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1768
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Ink on paper
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12 pages
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Manuscript

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William Hewson

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William Hewson, Letter, 'Of the lymphatic system in birds' from William Hewson to William Hunter, 1768, L&P/5/49, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_49/letter-of-the-lymphatic-system-in-birds-from-william-hewson-to-william-hunter, accessed on 07 December 2024

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