| RefNo | CLP/14ii/15 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'Fluxus sanguinis per penem mirabilis' [Case of extreme blood loss] by Dr Howman |
| Date | 1723 |
| Description | Howman shares the case study of a patient with pancreatitis who is suffering from blood loss. He describes taking blood from the patients, and how the bleeding was stopped with the use of medicines. Written by Howman in Norwich.
Subject: Medicine / Physiology / Phlebotomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Fluxus sanguinis per penem mirabilis. Ex epistola viri doctissimi domini Howman, M. D. ad dominum Hans Sloane, Baronettum. Coll. Med. Lond. præs R. S. Vice præs.'
Communicated by Hans Sloane. Read to the Royal Society on 21 November 1723 |
| Language | Latin |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1722.0080 |
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 32 (1722), p 418
JBO/13 p322 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8406 | Sloane; Sir; Hans (1660 - 1753); physician and collector | 1660 - 1753 |