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RefNoCLP/12i/30
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'Observations of what did praeternaturally occour in the opening of Mr Smith of Highgate on July 8th 1687' by Edward Tyson
Date[1687]
DescriptionTyson relates the findings of an autopsy on Mr Smith, including an enlarged bladder and ureters, emaciated kidneys, and an enlarged liver and heart.

Subject: Anatomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Observations of what did præternaturally occur in the opening of the body of Mr. Smith of Highgate July 8th. 1687. Communicated by that learned Physitian Dr. Edward Tyson Reg. Soc. Soc'.

Read to the Royal Society on 13 July 1687.
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1686.0062
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 16 (1686), p 332
RelatedRecordRBO/7/14
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7032Tyson; Edward (1651 - 1708); physician and anatomist1651 - 1708
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