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Paper, 'Of a double uterus and vagina' by John Purcell

Reference number: L&P/6/62

Date: 07 April 1774

Description

Contains three plates.

Subject: Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Description of a double uterus and vagina.'

Read 23 June 1774

Reference number
L&P/6/62
Earliest possible date
07 April 1774
Physical description
Ink on paper and three plates
Page extent
16 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Of a double uterus and vagina' by John Purcell, 07 April 1774, L&P/6/62, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_62/paper-of-a-double-uterus-and-vagina-by-john-purcell, accessed on 12 December 2025

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