RefNo | CLP/12ii/50 |
Level | Item |
Title | Paper, account of Richard Castell's child who died of smallpox by Conrad Sprengell [Sprengwell], Alexander Gordon, John Ranby, and Richard Castell |
Date | 2 April 1730 |
Description | The paper describes the autopsy of Castell's three-year-old child who died two weeks after being innoculated for smallpox. He was found to have a large amount of water in the abdomen, tumours in the mesenterium, and an inflamed liver and kidneys. The account was witnessed by Conrad Sprengwell, Alexander Gordon, John Ranby, and Richard Castell.
Subject: Medicine
Written at Broadstreet [Broad Street], Golden Square [Soho, London]. Read to the Royal Society on 18 June 1730. |
Extent | 2p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedRecord | RBO/15/9 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA290 | Sprengwell; Sir; Conrad Joachim (- 1740) | - 1740 |
NA3287 | Ranby; John (1703 - 1773) | 1703 - 1773 |