| RefNo | L&P/1/85 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, 'Concerning the case of the woman who continues to speak without a tongue; the case of Margaret Cutting' from Benjamin Beddington to Henry Baker |
| Date | 10 April 1742 |
| Description | Letter of 10 April 1742 by Beddington who writes he took 'Mr Notcutt, a Minister, a learned and curious Gentlemand,and Dr Hamond, who could understand anatomy perfectly' to observe Margaret Cutting, the tongueless girl.
Includes also a statement dated 9 April 1742 by Benjamin Beddington, William Notcutt and William Hamond, Apothecary concerning Margaret Cutting.
Statement of 9 March 1741/2 by Margaret Cutting.
Statement of 20 March 174/12 by Mr John Dennis and Mr Gabriel Daniells of their having seen and examined the young woman without a tongue.
Subject: Physiology
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of Margaret Cutting, a young woman, now living at Wickham Market in Suffolk, who speaks readily and intelligibly, though she has lost her tongue'.
Read 29 April 1742. |
| Extent | 10p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1742.0037 |
| RelatedRecord | L&P/1/84 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6218 | Baker; Henry (1698 - 1774); naturalist and poet | 1698 - 1774 |