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RefNoCLP/12i/64
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'An observation of a tumour on the neck full of hydatides' by Anthony Hewnden
Date[1706]
DescriptionHewnden describes his method for removing the majority of a large neck abscess full of hydatids and healing the resulting wound using caustic liquids such as vitriol [hydrochloric acid].

Subject: Surgery

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An observation of a tumor on the neck, full of hydatides'.

Communicated by Edward Tyson. Read to the Royal Society on 6 November 1706.
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1706.0031
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 25 (1706), p 2344
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CodePersonNameDates
NA7032Tyson; Edward (1651 - 1708); physician and anatomist1651 - 1708
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