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Letter, 'Relating to the claim by his brother about the discovery of the mode of foetal circulation' from John Hunter to

Reference number: L&P/7/140

Date: 17 February 1780

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Subject: Medicine

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L&P/7/140
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17 February 1780
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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John Hunter

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John Hunter, Letter, 'Relating to the claim by his brother about the discovery of the mode of foetal circulation' from John Hunter to, 17 February 1780, L&P/7/140, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_140/letter-relating-to-the-claim-by-his-brother-about-the-discovery-of-the-mode-of-foetal-circulation-from-john-hunter-to, accessed on 17 June 2026

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