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The first part contains the history of osteology from Hippocrates to the Arabians with details of figures of bones
Read to the Royal Society on 24 March 1725

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RBO/12/66
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1725
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2 pages
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'Some Account of Doctor James Douglas's Osteologiae universalis pars prima', 1725, RBO/12/66, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_12_66/some-account-of-doctor-james-douglass-osteologiae-universalis-pars-prima, accessed on 18 August 2026

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