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Paper, 'Of a worm voided by the penis' by J Vaughan

Reference number: L&P/5/5

Date: 31 October 1767

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Subject: Physiology

Read 18 February 1768

Reference number
L&P/5/5
Earliest possible date
31 October 1767
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Ink on paper
Page extent
16 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Of a worm voided by the penis' by J Vaughan, 31 October 1767, L&P/5/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_5/paper-of-a-worm-voided-by-the-penis-by-j-vaughan, accessed on 19 June 2025

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