Record

RefNoCLP/15ii/15
LevelItem
TitleLetter, regarding the rupture of the stomach or a large receptacle grown from the bottom of a hen's stomach from Abraham Vater to William Rutty
Date[1729]
DescriptionVater describes a hen that 'labour'd under a considerable and very hard tumorof the abdomen, which continually compelled her to sit.' An explanation of a figure is given but no figure is attached.

Subject: Veterinary medicine

Read to the Royal Society on 13 November 1729
LanguageEnglish
Extent6p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordRBO/14/73
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA4900Vater; Abraham (1684 - 1751)1684 - 1751
NA518Rutty; William (1687 - 1730)1687 - 1730
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