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Reference numberRBO/14/113
Alternative reference numberRBO.14.410
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TitleAn account of a person impaled on the stock of a kedge-anchor by J Nicholls
Date1730
DescriptionObservations of the intestines - the wound was stitched and the person did recover
Read to the Royal Society on 9 April 1730
LanguageEnglish
Extent2 sides
FormatManuscript
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Access statusOpen
Related records in the catalogueCLP/12ii/49
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