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Authorised form of nameHouston; Robert (1678 - 1734)
Dates1678 - 1734
NationalityBritish
Date of death15 May 1734
DatesAndPlacesBaptism:
05 December 1678
OccupationPhysician
ActivityEducation:
Edinburgh. MD
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election09/12/1725
ProposerSir Hans Sloane
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll
References:
'Gentleman's Magazine' 1734, p275
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/299149294141680521071
CodeNA4358
Archives associated with this Fellow
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MS/390/211Bond of Robert Houston to the Treasurer of the Royal Society10 February 1725
CLP/12ii/10/2Plate, reproductive and lower digestive organs by unknown artist[1723]
CLP/12ii/15Paper, 'The remaining part of Margaret Millar's case' by [Robert Houston][1723]
CLP/12ii/13Paper, 'An account of a dropsie in the left ovary of a woman ag'd 58 cur'd by a large incision made in the side of the abdomen' by Robert Houstoun [Houston][1723]
CLP/12ii/10/1Manuscript, 'An account of an extra-uterine foetus taken out of a woman after death, that had continued five years and an [sic] half in the body' by Robert Houstoun [Houston][1723]
CLP/12ii/10Paper, 'An account of an extra-uterine foetus taken out of a woman after death, that had continued five years and an [sic] half in the body' by Robert Houstoun [Houston][1723]
CLP/12ii/14Paper, 'An account of a dropsie of the left ovarium cur'd by a large incision made in the side of the abdomen' by [Robert Houston][1723]
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