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Subject: Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the temperature of man'.

Written by Davy at The Oaks, Ambleside [Cumbria, England]. Received by the Royal Society on 8 May 1845. Read 19 June 1845.

Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 5, 1851.

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PT/29/12
Earliest possible date
01 May 1845
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Ink on paper
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32 pages
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Manuscript

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John Davy

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John Davy, Paper, 'On the temperature of man' by John Davy, 01 May 1845, PT/29/12, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_29_12/paper-on-the-temperature-of-man-by-john-davy, accessed on 15 April 2026

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