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RefNoCLP/12ii/51
LevelItem
TitleNote, regarding a stone extracted from a woman when she was in labour by unknown author
Date[1730]
DescriptionA note describing a stone extracted from a woman in labour by a midwife called Mrs Hankin in St Neotts [St Neots, Cambridgeshire, England]. The stone was sent to the Royal Society by Mr Hankin, apothecary and grandson of the midwife.

Subject: Medicine

Read to the Royal Society on 17 December 1730.
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialJBO/14/535
RelatedRecordRBO/15/36
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