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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

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Code	PersonName	Dates
NA6218	Baker; Henry (1698 - 1774); naturalist and poet	1698 - 1774

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