| Reference number | EL/D1/11 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from William Durston to William Brouncker, dated at Plymouth |
| Creator | Durston; William (1624-) |
| Date | 1669 |
| Description | An account of a lady, Elizabeth Travers, whose breasts became suddenly very swollen
Figure is attached
A length of linen tape, which was used to measure the length of Travers's breasts, is enclosed in an envelope
John Skelton adds that he was an eye-witness
Read at the Royal Society on 22 July 1669 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 3p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Plymouth, Devon, England |
| Origin coordinates | 50.37153, -4.14305 |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | See EL/D1/14 for observations of the post-mortem
See EL/D1/16 for the envelope with a linen tape which measured the breadth of Travers when she lay down
Transcribed in LBO/3/149
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 4, no 52, p 1047 |
| URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/c1a494c4-305f-40d3-825d-94891963cd8c |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA3503 | Brouncker; William (c1620 - 1684); 2nd Viscount Brouncker; mathematician | c1620 - 1684 |