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Subject: Anatomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the development of the retina and optic nerve, and of the membranous labyrinth and auditory nerve'.

Written by Gray at 8 Wilton Street [London]. Communicated by W [William] Bowman. Received by the Royal Society on 18 October 1849. Read 31 January 1850.

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/37/7
Earliest possible date
14 October 1849
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Ink on paper
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24 pages
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Manuscript

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Henry Gray

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Henry Gray, Paper, 'On the developement [sic] of the retina and optic nerve and of the membranous labyrinth and auditory nerve' by Henry Gray, 14 October 1849, PT/37/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_37_7/paper-on-the-developement-sic-of-the-retina-and-optic-nerve-and-of-the-membranous-labyrinth-and-auditory-nerve-by-henry-gray, accessed on 14 March 2026

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