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'An account of two Observations on the Cataract of the Eye, contain'd in a Letter from Signor Antonio Benevoli master Surgeon in the hospital of S Maria Nuova In Florence to Dr Valsalva'

Reference number: RBO/11/60

Date: 1722

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Account was printed in Italian in 1722 and communicated to the Royal Society by Thomas Dereham at the desire of the author
Read to the Royal Society on 18 October 1722

Reference number
RBO/11/60
Earliest possible date
1722
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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'An account of two Observations on the Cataract of the Eye, contain'd in a Letter from Signor Antonio Benevoli master Surgeon in the hospital of S Maria Nuova In Florence to Dr Valsalva', 1722, RBO/11/60, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_11_60/an-account-of-two-observations-on-the-cataract-of-the-eye-containd-in-a-letter-from-signor-antonio-benevoli-master-surgeon-in-the-hospital-of-s-maria-nuova-in-florence-to-dr-valsalva, accessed on 11 June 2026

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