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I. An Account of a Mummy, inspected at London 1763. In a Letter to William Heberden, M. D. F. R. S. from John Hadley, M. D. F. R. S.
Dear Sir;
Read Jan. 12,
1764
ON the 16th of December 1763, Dr. Wollaston, Dr. Blanshard, Dr. Hunter, Dr. Petit, the Rev. Mr. Egerton Leigh, and Mr. Hunter, met at my house; that we might together inspect a Mummy, which I had received from the Museum of the Royal Society.
Our intention was; to examine the manner, in which this piece of antiquity had been put together; to compare it with the accounts given of these preparations by ancient authors; and to see, whether there were any traces left of the softer parts; and, if so, by what means they had been preserved. A greater
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