| RefNo | CLP/12i/41 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'Observatio casus non vulgaris de hydrope intra uteri tunicas contento' by Daniel Turner |
| Date | [1690s] |
| Description | This paper describes the autopsy of a 44-year-old woman with a distended abdomen, who appeared pregnant as a result. It was found that she had suffered from a hydrops uteri, with the outer tunicles of the uterus distended by water. The autopsy was witnessed by Dr N, Thomas Lichfeild, John Lichfeild, and Daniel Turner.
Subject: Medicine
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Observatio casus non vulgaris de hydrope intra uteri tunicas contento'.
Read to the Royal Society on 7 February 1694. |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1694.0004
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 18, no 207, p 20 |