Record

Reference numberCLP/13/5
LevelFile
TitlePaper, 'An account of one who had excrescencies or horns extraordinary long nailes on his fingers and toes' by Mr [John] Locke
Date24 May 1678
DescriptionLocke provides two accounts of a young man who had extremely long, thick nails growing from his fingers and toes as well as some horny growths on the backs of his hands. Original unpublished figure with French captions attached.

Subject: Anatomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of one who had horny excrescencies or extraordinary large nails on his fingers and toes'.

Read to the Royal Society on 24 February 1696 and 23 June 1697.
LanguageFrench
English
Extent7p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionInk on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1695.0108
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 19, no 230, p 594
Related records in the catalogueCLP/13/5/1
CLP/13/5/2
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8232Locke; John (1632 - 1704); philosopher1632 - 1704
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