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Reference numberMC/14/181
LevelItem
TitleLetter from [Luis Lorenzo] Domínguez, Legacion de la Republica Argentina, 16 Kensington Palace Gardens, Londres, to the President of the Royal Society
Date13 December 1886
DescriptionInforms the President of a 'lady of the Argentina Republic' Madame Vassilieos 'residing in Paris', who 'presented in June 1885 to the French Academy of Medicine a model in plaster of a human cerebrum' of which Domínguez sends a photograph [not enclosed]. Remarks on the high praise the model received, and sends a bulletin of the Institute which demonstrates the same [not enclosed]. Madame Vassilieos has written to Domínguez 'expressing her desire to present a copy of the model to a similar institution in this country'. Therefore Domínguez asks the President's opinion as to who the model should be offered to.

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Extent1p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionInk on paper
Access statusOpen
Related records in the catalogueNLB/1/337
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