Record

RefNoCLP/12ii/15
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'The remaining part of Margaret Millar's case' by [Robert Houston]
Date[1723]
DescriptionThird and unpublished part of Houston's paper regarding a woman who suffered a dropsy [oedema] in the left ovary and was treated with a large incision. In this part, Houston writes about the presence of hydatides in the body and the state of placenta during and after birth. First two parts located at CLP/12ii/13-14.

Subject: Anatomy / Surgery

Read to the Royal Society on 20 February 1723.
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordCLP/12ii/14
CLP/12ii/13
RBO/11/120
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA4358Houston; Robert (1678 - 1734)1678 - 1734
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