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RefNoCLP/12i/45
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'An extract of a relation printed at Paris, containing a remarkable history of a foetus without the womb' by Dr Fern
Date[1690s]
DescriptionDr Fern provides his own account of a foetus existing outside of the womb after Barthélemy Saviard published an account of the same in the Journal des sçavans in November 1696. Fern describes the woman's labour, inability to give birth, and then death, then provides details of the woman's post-mortem, in which the foetus and placenta were found to be located outside of the womb.

Subject: Medicine

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An extract of a relation printed at Paris, containing a remarkable history of a fætus without the womb, made by Dr. Fern'.
Extent8p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1699.0025
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 21, no 251, p 121
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