Letter, 'Of a child who had smallpox in the womb' from William Wright to John Hunter
Reference number: L&P/7/205
Date: 27 February 1781
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Subject: Medicine
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Account of a child who had the small-pox in the womb. In a letter from William Wright, M. D. F. R. S. to John Hunter, Esq. F. R. S'
Read 17 March 1781
- Reference number
- L&P/7/205
- Earliest possible date
- 27 February 1781
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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William Wright, Letter, 'Of a child who had smallpox in the womb' from William Wright to John Hunter, 27 February 1781, L&P/7/205, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_205/letter-of-a-child-who-had-smallpox-in-the-womb-from-william-wright-to-john-hunter, accessed on 11 November 2025
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Date: 31st December 1781
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1781.0047
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Decade 7 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1778-1782 Reference number: L&P/7
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