| RefNo | CLP/12ii/2 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'Case in surgery on a leg rotting off' by J Niemeyer |
| Date | 15 May 1720 |
| Description | Niemeyer provides details of a severe disease, possibly gangrene, in a man's leg. Niemeyer also details the injuries of this patient's wife, still had a significant wound in her side from an attack by a wild boar when she was young. The account was witnessed by Dr Nottellman and Mr Henzel.
Subject: Medicine
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of two extraordinary cases in surgery: communicated by Dr. Steigerthall, F. R. S'.
Written by Niemeyer at Ebstorff [Ebstorf, Lower Saxony, Germany]. Communicated by [Johann Georg] Steigertahl. Read to the Royal Society on 22 December 1720. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1720.0017
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 31 (1720), p 79 |
| RelatedRecord | RBO/11/16 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7403 | Steigertahl; Johann Georg (c 1667 - c 1740) | c 1667 - c 1740 |