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RefNoCLP/12ii/44
LevelFile
TitlePaper, 'An account of several stones found in the kidneys of a person' by Mr John Dobyns
Date[1728]
DescriptionDobyns describes the autopsy of a man who had suffered from kidney problems for twenty years, namely haematuria. The man's kidneys were found to each contain large stones as well as hundreds of smaller ones. Engraved figures from 'Philosophical Transactions' attached.

Subject: Medicine

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of several stones found in the kidneys of a person opened by Mr. John Dobyns, surgeon and lithotomist to St. Bartholomew's Hospital and F. R. S.'.

Read to the Royal Society on 11 July 1728.
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1727.0040
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 35 (1727), p 452
RelatedRecordRBO/13/56
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CodePersonNameDates
NA7585Dobyns; John (- 1731) - 1731
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