| RefNo | CLP/12ii/37 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'Some observations made in the dissections of two subjects' by [John] Ranby |
| Date | [1727] |
| Description | Ranby describes interesting findings in the dissection of three individuals. Ranby describes the pelvic organs of a 70-year-old man who died from bladder stones and a suppression of urine. He then describes an enlarged spleen found in a 10-year-old boy who had died from a blow to the head. Lastly, he discusses the autopsy of a 25-year-old man who had died of pocky hectick [fever and pockmarked skin] following a herniated testicle.
Subject: Anatomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Some observations made in the dissection of three subjects'.
Read to the Royal Society on 8 February 1727. |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1727.0031
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 35 (1727), p 413 |
| RelatedRecord | RBO/13/21 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA3287 | Ranby; John (1703 - 1773) | 1703 - 1773 |