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TitlePaper, 'An account of some experiments lately made on dogs and of the effects of Mr John Colbatch's styptick on humane [human] bodies' by William Cowper
Date[1694]
DescriptionCowper describes experimenting with Colbatch's styptick powder on abdominal wounds and amputations on dogs. Following the powder's success in this context, Cowper attempted to use the powder on two individuals requiring amputations in the hospital without success.

The second and third pages of the manuscript include a draft table of contents for the February 1694 issue of Philosophical Transactions.

Subject: Medicine

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of some experiments lately made on dogs, and of the effects of Mr. John Colbatch’s styptick on humane bodies'.

Read to the Royal Society on 4 April 1694.
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1694.0009
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 18, no 208, p 42
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6762Cowper; William (c 1665 - 1723); 1st Earl Cowperc 1665 - 1723
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