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'An Account of a large bony Substance found in the Womb' by Edward Hody

Reference number: RBO/18/43

Date: 1733

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Original letter dated 17 May 1733
Details of post-mortem
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Read to Royal Society on 17 May 1733

Reference number
RBO/18/43
Earliest possible date
1733
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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'An Account of a large bony Substance found in the Womb' by Edward Hody, 1733, RBO/18/43, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_18_43/an-account-of-a-large-bony-substance-found-in-the-womb-by-edward-hody, accessed on 06 October 2026

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