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Subject: Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the brain of a bushwoman; and on the brains of two idiots of European descent'.

Received and read by the Royal Society on 18 June 1863.

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 12, 1863.

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PT/70/12
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1863
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Ink on paper
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78 pages
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Manuscript

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John Marshall

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John Marshall, Paper, 'On the brain of a bushwoman [sic] and on the brains of two idiots [sic] of European descent' by John Marshall, 1863, PT/70/12, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_70_12/paper-on-the-brain-of-a-bushwoman-sic-and-on-the-brains-of-two-idiots-sic-of-european-descent-by-john-marshall, accessed on 17 January 2025

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    Dates: 1802-1865

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