Record

RefNoCLP/14ii/31
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'An essay upon the use of bile in the animal oeconomy founded on an observation of a wound in the gall bladder' by Alexander Stuart
Date1730
DescriptionStuart details the post-mortem by Mr Coldham, surgeon, of the man, who had wounded his gallbladder, in the presence of Messrs Fiquel and Black, with several gentlemen and Stuart. He shares a case history of the man before he was wounded, and details about 'hysterick or nervous Colick'.

Subject: Medicine

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An essay upon the use of the bile in the animal oeconomy, founded on an observation of a wound in the gall-bladder'

Read to the Royal Society on 28 May and 10 June 1730
LanguageEnglish
Extent29p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1729.0048
RelatedRecordRBO/15/3
CLP/14ii/32
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA301Stuart; Alexander (c 1673 - 1742)c 1673 - 1742
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