Paper, 'Stating that 4 years ago he has injected the lacteals of a tortoise with mercury' by Alexander Monro

Reference number: L&P/5/64

Date: 22 December 1768

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Subject: Zoology

Read 19 January 1769

Reference number: L&P/5/64
Earliest possible date: 22 December 1768
Physical description: Ink on paper
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript

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Alexander Monro, Paper, 'Stating that 4 years ago he has injected the lacteals of a tortoise with mercury' by Alexander Monro, 22 December 1768, L&P/5/64, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_64/paper-stating-that-4-years-ago-he-has-injected-the-lacteals-of-a-tortoise-with-mercury-by-alexander-monro, accessed on 24 April 2025

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Letter, 'The writer claims priority over Dr Monro, as having injected the lacteals of a tortoise 5 years ago' from William Hewson to Matthew Maty
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Letters and Papers of a scientific nature submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1741-1806 Reference number: L&P
Decade 5 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1768-1772 Reference number: L&P/5

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