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Letter, 'Of blindness from eating certain oysters' from Samuel Musgrave to John Pringle

Reference number: L&P/6/165

Date: 07 March 1776

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Subject: Physiology

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L&P/6/165
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07 March 1776
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Ink on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Samuel Musgrave

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Samuel Musgrave, Letter, 'Of blindness from eating certain oysters' from Samuel Musgrave to John Pringle, 07 March 1776, L&P/6/165, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_165/letter-of-blindness-from-eating-certain-oysters-from-samuel-musgrave-to-john-pringle, accessed on 16 January 2026

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