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RefNoRBO/21/3
AltRefNoRBO.21.13
LevelItem
Title'An Account of the Man whose Arm with the Shoulder-Blade was torn off by a Mill' by John Belchier
Date1737
DescriptionEngraving attached which was not printed in 'Philosophical Transactions'
Details of the accident which occurred on 15 August 1737; he was brought to St Thomas's Hospital the following day where the arm was re-attached by Mr Ferne - details of operation given
Read to the Royal Society on 17 November 1737
LanguageEnglish
Extent5 sides
FormatManuscript
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialPrinted in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 40, no 449, p 313
RelatedRecordCLP/12ii/67
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA5410Belchier; John (1706 - 1785)1706 - 1785
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