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Dr. Granville’s essay on Egyptian mummies. 
stration of the various parts of this mummy, at the time it 
was first opened, excited amongst upwards of an hundred sci- 
entific and literary characters, who in the course of six weeks 
honoured me with their presence at my house to witness the 
dissection, and by whom I was encouraged to follow up the 
investigation, and to communicate the result to the public. 
It is in obedience to their suggestion, and more especially to 
the recommendation of the President of the Royal Society, 
that I have taken a comprehensive view of the whole subject, 
instead of limiting myself to the dry description of a solitary 
specimen. 
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