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RefNoRBO/17/19
AltRefNoRBO.17.65
LevelItem
TitleAccount of a woman who died of 'hydrops ovarii' when she was 33 years old from John Belchier, surgeon, to Cromwell Mortimer
Date1732
DescriptionNearly 250 gallons was drained from her
Read to the Royal Society on 20 April 1732
LanguageEnglish
Extent6 sides
FormatManuscript
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialPrinted in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 37, no 423, p 279
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA5410Belchier; John (1706 - 1785)1706 - 1785
NA8055Mortimer; Cromwell (c 1699 - 1752)c 1699 - 1752
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