| RefNo | CLP/13/8 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'An anatomicall account of a child's head born without a brain in October last 1698' by Monsieur Bussiere [Paul Buissiere] |
| Date | [1699] |
| Description | Buissiere describes a case of a child who was very active in the womb as a foetus, but who died on birth and was found to be without a brain, although the child was properly formed otherwise. Buissiere discusses the autopsy of the infant's head.
Subject: Anatomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An anatomical account of a child’s head, born without a brain in October last, 1698'.
Read to the Royal Society on 22 March 1699. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1699.0029
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 21 (1699), p 141 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA3356 | Buissière; Paul (c 1655 - 1739); surgeon and anatomist | c 1655 - 1739 |