| RefNo | CLP/12i/66 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'An account of the cure of two sinuous ulcers possessing the space of the whole arm with an extraordinary supply of a callus which fully answers the purposes of the os humeri lost in time of cure' in a letter from John Fawler to William Cockburn |
| Date | [1707] |
| Description | Fawler describes a case of a 16-year-old boy with two large ulcers across his arm. Fawler removed a loose bone [humerus] and the boy recovered, developing a callus that functioned in place of the humerus.
Subject: Surgery
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of the cure of two sinuous ulcers possessing the space of the whole arm, with an extraordinary supply of a callus which fully answers the purpose of the Os Humeri lost in time of cure. From Mr. John Fawler, Surgeon to the sick and wounded at Deal, to Dr. William Cockburn, F. R. S.'
Read to the Royal Society on 5 November 1707. |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1706.0059
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 25, no 312, p 2466 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA5735 | Cockburn; William (1669 - 1739); physician | 1669 - 1739 |