Record

RefNoRBO/19/63
AltRefNoRBO.19.404
LevelItem
Title'Account of a great number of Steatomas taken from the head (as well as many yet remaining) of Sarah Cotterell living with Mrs Desbord near the Church at Chelsea' by J Stevens
Date1736
DescriptionThe woman had over 30 tumours on her head, some the size of pigeons' eggs - some were removed
Read to the Royal Society on 13 May 1736
LanguageEnglish
Extent1 side
FormatManuscript
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AccessStatusOpen
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