| RefNo | CLP/12ii/63 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'Account of Ld [Lord] Carpenter's gun-shot wound in the mouth' by George Lord Carpenter |
| Date | [1736] |
| Description | Lord Carpenter was wounded in battle at the breach of Brihuega [Guadalajara, Spain] when he was shot in the face with a musket. The bullet became lodged in his gullet for nearly a year before being extracted.
Subject: Surgery
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of the wound, which the late Lord Carpenter received at Brihuega; whereby a Bullet remained near his Gullet for a Year wanting a few Days'.
Read to the Royal Society on 9 December 1736. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1737.0050
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 40 (1737), p 316 |
| RelatedRecord | RBO/20/11 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA5791 | Carpenter; George (? 1694 - 1749); 2nd Baron Carpenter of Killaghy | ? 1694 - 1749 |