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RefNoRBO/8/69
AltRefNoRBO.8.260
LevelItem
TitleConcerns cutting the ivory bodkin out of the bladder of a young woman in Dublin by Mr Proby, communicated to the Royal Society by Thomas Molyneux
Date1695
DescriptionDorcas Blake of Fish-Shamble Street said that she had swallowed the bodkin - operation occurred on 10 June 1695
Read to the Royal Society on 6 November 1695
LanguageEnglish
Extent4 sides
FormatManuscript
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialJBO/9/186
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 22, no 260, p 455
RelatedRecordCLP/12i/58
EL/G1/48
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7851Molyneux; Sir; Thomas (1661 - 1733); physician and antiquarian1661 - 1733
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