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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
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Manuscript

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William Wright

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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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