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'The Case of a Cataleptic Woman' by Mr Reynell

Reference number: RBO/18/39

Date: 1733

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Original dated at 11 July 1730 at London
Details of a woman's symptoms and how they were treated
Read to the Royal Society on 19 April 1733

Reference number
RBO/18/39
Earliest possible date
1733
Page extent
5 pages
Format
Manuscript

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'The Case of a Cataleptic Woman' by Mr Reynell, 1733, RBO/18/39, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_18_39/the-case-of-a-cataleptic-woman-by-mr-reynell, accessed on 19 July 2025

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