RefNo | CLP/12i/57 |
Level | Item |
Title | Paper, 'Account of Fr [Friar] James's way of cutting for the stone' by Dr [Pierre] Sylvester [Silvestre] |
Date | [1690s] |
Description | The first page of the paper is written in French and describes Brother James of Beaulieu's method for removing bladder stones. The following five pages, written in English, details a particular operation performed by Brother James to remove a bladder stone from a ten-year-old boy at the convent of the Capuchins of Antwerp [Belgium]. Brother James' intervention was not particularly successful and the boy died the following day.
Subject: Surgery
First part read to the Royal Society on 10 August 1698; second part read 22 June 1699. |
Language | English |
French |
Extent | 6p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedRecord | RBO/9/30 |
JBO/10/81 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8367 | Silvestre; Pierre (c 1662 - 1718); physician | c 1662 - 1718 |