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Subject: Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Spermatozoa observed within the mammiferous ovum'.

Received by the Royal Society on 24 November 1842. Read 8 December 1842.

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PT/27/4
Earliest possible date
1842
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Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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Martin Barry

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Martin Barry, Paper, 'Spermatozoa observed within the mammiferous ovum' by Martin Barry, 1842, PT/27/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_27_4/paper-spermatozoa-observed-within-the-mammiferous-ovum-by-martin-barry, accessed on 09 December 2025

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