| RefNo | CLP/14i/65 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'Observations upon the taenia [tapeworms], voided by a woman the third day after her lying-in, and the extraordinary symptomes it occasion'd: with remarks upon the effects that these worms produce in human bodies, and their proper remedies' by Mr Gandolph |
| Date | March 1709 |
| Description | Gandolph describes the case of a woman who voided a tapeworm, providing details of the medicine given to the woman to relieve her symptoms. He reflects oo the causes of the different symptoms and their cures, then discusses the activity of the tapeworm in the body and the signs by which it can be known to exist in the body. Lastly, he provides remedies to be taken against tapeworms.
Subject: Medicine
Read to the Royal Society on 21 December 1709. |
| Extent | 12p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedRecord | RBO/9/90 |