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Letter, 'Account of an extraordinary acephalous birth' from W Cooper to William Hunter

Reference number: L&P/6/108

Date: 06 June 1774

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Subject: Medicine

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of an extraordinary acephalous birth. By W. Cooper, M.D. in a letter to William Hunter, M.D. F. R. S'

Read 27 April 1775

Reference number
L&P/6/108
Earliest possible date
06 June 1774
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
17 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Account of an extraordinary acephalous birth' from W Cooper to William Hunter, 06 June 1774, L&P/6/108, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_108/letter-account-of-an-extraordinary-acephalous-birth-from-w-cooper-to-william-hunter, accessed on 07 December 2024

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