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RefNoAP/9/24
LevelFile
TitleUnpublished letters, 'An account of a successful operation for the removal of a chronic lameness in a horse' from Wm [William] Sewell to [Sir Joseph Banks]
Date14 May 1817
DescriptionPaper contained in a letter from Sewell to Banks describing an operation to correct lameness in the front feet of a horse by removing part of the nerves entering the feet. Preceded by a covering letter form Sewell to Banks.

Subject: Veterinary Medicine / Zoology

Read to the Royal Society on 22 May 1817.
Extent7p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordAP/9/24/1
AP/9/24/2
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8116Banks; Sir; Joseph (1744 - 1820); naturalist1744 - 1820
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