| RefNo | CLP/12i/64 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'An observation of a tumour on the neck full of hydatides' by Anthony Hewnden |
| Date | [1706] |
| Description | Hewnden describes his method for removing the majority of a large neck abscess full of hydatids and healing the resulting wound using caustic liquids such as vitriol [hydrochloric acid].
Subject: Surgery
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An observation of a tumor on the neck, full of hydatides'.
Communicated by Edward Tyson. Read to the Royal Society on 6 November 1706. |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1706.0031
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 25 (1706), p 2344 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7032 | Tyson; Edward (1651 - 1708); physician and anatomist | 1651 - 1708 |