Record

RefNoCLP/12ii/40
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'A remarkable case of an aneurism [aneurysm] from the memoirs of the Royal Academy of Sciences' by J D [John Douglas]
Date16 May 1728
DescriptionDouglas describes a paper published in the Memoires of the Royal Academy of Sciences and provides commentary on the case. The case relates to an autopsy of a man who died of a large aneurysm or dilated artery, and Douglas describes the size, appearance, and placement of the aneurysm before describing the dissection of the aneurysm.

Subject: Medicine

Read to the Royal Society on 28 May 1728.
Extent16p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordRBO/13/47
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CodePersonNameDates
NA2825Douglas; John (- 1743); surgeon - 1743
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