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Paper, 'Of a new method of opening the femoral artery' by William Butter

Reference number: L&P/6/228

Date: 1777

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Subject: Medicine

Read 20 February 1777

Reference number
L&P/6/228
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1777
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Ink on paper
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16 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Of a new method of opening the femoral artery' by William Butter, 1777, L&P/6/228, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_228/paper-of-a-new-method-of-opening-the-femoral-artery-by-william-butter, accessed on 18 April 2025

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