RefNo | AP/9/25 |
Level | Item |
Title | Unpublished paper, 'Account of the cure of a diseased foot, arising from an inquiry to the coffin bone' by Willm [William] Sewell |
Date | 18 June 1817 |
Description | Sewell describes the case of a horse who was admitted to the Veterinary College with quittor, or necrosis of cartilage in the foot. The horse was treated but swelling and lameness remained, which was cured by removing part of the nerves leading to both feet.
Subject: Veterinary Medicine / Zoology
Communicated by the President [Sir Joseph Banks]. Read to the Royal Society on 26 June 1817. |
Extent | 4p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8116 | Banks; Sir; Joseph (1744 - 1820); naturalist | 1744 - 1820 |