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Letter from Robert Bentley Todd, on a paper 'Researches into the structure and development of a newly discovered parasitic animalcule of the human skin—the entozoon folliculorum' by William James Erasmus Wilson

Reference number: RR/1/266

Date: 12 October 1843

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Asks for Committee members to let Wilson 'state his case' and let him know what he ought to do to ensure the paper can be published.

Subject: Physiology

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1844].

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RR/1/266
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12 October 1843
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Robert Bentley Todd

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Robert Bentley Todd, Letter from Robert Bentley Todd, on a paper 'Researches into the structure and development of a newly discovered parasitic animalcule of the human skin—the entozoon folliculorum' by William James Erasmus Wilson, 12 October 1843, RR/1/266, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1_266/letter-from-robert-bentley-todd-on-a-paper-researches-into-the-structure-and-development-of-a-newly-discovered-parasitic-animalcule-of-the-human-skinthe-entozoon-folliculorum-by-william-james-erasmus-wilson, accessed on 21 January 2025

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