RefNo | CLP/12i/44 |
Level | Item |
Title | Paper, 'An account of some experiments lately made on dogs and of the effects of Mr John Colbatch's styptick on humane [human] bodies' by William Cowper |
Date | [1694] |
Description | Cowper describes experimenting with Colbatch's styptick powder on abdominal wounds and amputations on dogs. Following the powder's success in this context, Cowper attempted to use the powder on two individuals requiring amputations in the hospital without success.
The second and third pages of the manuscript include a draft table of contents for the February 1694 issue of Philosophical Transactions.
Subject: Medicine
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of some experiments lately made on dogs, and of the effects of Mr. John Colbatch’s styptick on humane bodies'.
Read to the Royal Society on 4 April 1694. |
Extent | 3p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1694.0009 Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 18, no 208, p 42 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA6762 | Cowper; William (c 1665 - 1723); 1st Earl Cowper | c 1665 - 1723 |