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'Of two stones found in the Omatum of a horse at Kettering in Northamptonshire by Benjamin La Motte'

Reference number: RBO/13/26

Date: 1727

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Wonders whether it is of a similar nature to bezoar and used in physic
Read to the Royal Society on 29 February 1727

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RBO/13/26
Earliest possible date
1727
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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'Of two stones found in the Omatum of a horse at Kettering in Northamptonshire by Benjamin La Motte', 1727, RBO/13/26, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_13_26/of-two-stones-found-in-the-omatum-of-a-horse-at-kettering-in-northamptonshire-by-benjamin-la-motte, accessed on 10 April 2026

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