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
Reference number: L&P/5/65
Date: 10 January 1769
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Subject: Zoology
Read 19 January 1769
- Reference number
- L&P/5/65
- Earliest possible date
- 10 January 1769
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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William Hewson, 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, 10 January 1769, L&P/5/65, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_65/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, accessed on 14 December 2025
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Decade 5 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
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