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Reference numberRBO/19/55
Alternative reference numberRBO.19.369
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Title'Account of an Operation for a false Quinzy on the Parotid Glands, which were hard and scirrhous, and each of the bigness of a pigeon's Egg' by Michael Bermingham, surgeon at Paris
Date1736
DescriptionGirl was given 'liquid Caustick made with Mercury dissolved in Spirit of Nitre' and was cured within four months
Read to the Royal Society on 25 March 1736
LanguageEnglish
Extent2 sides
FormatManuscript
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