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Expand 1 - Classified papers: volume 1 concerning 'Arithmetick, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry'1 - Classified papers: volume 1 concerning 'Arithmetick, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry'
Expand 2 - Classified papers: volume 2 concerning 'Surveying, Opticks, Perspective, Sculpture, Painting, Music, Acoustics Mechanicks'2 - Classified papers: volume 2 concerning 'Surveying, Opticks, Perspective, Sculpture, Painting, Music, Acoustics Mechanicks'
Expand 3i - Classified papers: volume 3i concerning 'Mechanicks, Trades, Engineering, Navigation'3i - Classified papers: volume 3i concerning 'Mechanicks, Trades, Engineering, Navigation'
Expand 3ii - Classified papers: volume 3ii concerning 'Mechanicks, Trades'3ii - Classified papers: volume 3ii concerning 'Mechanicks, Trades'
Expand 4i - Classified papers: volume 4i concerning 'Physiology, Meteorology, Pneumaticks' 4i - Classified papers: volume 4i concerning 'Physiology, Meteorology, Pneumaticks'
Expand 4ii - Classified papers: volume 4ii concerning 'Physiology, Meteorology, Pneumaticks'4ii - Classified papers: volume 4ii concerning 'Physiology, Meteorology, Pneumaticks'
Expand 5 - Classified papers: volume 5 concerning 'Weather'5 - Classified papers: volume 5 concerning 'Weather'
Expand 6 - Classified papers: volume 6 concerning 'Staticks, Hydrostaticks, Hydraulicks, Hydrology'6 - Classified papers: volume 6 concerning 'Staticks, Hydrostaticks, Hydraulicks, Hydrology'
Expand 7i - Classified papers: volume 7i concerning 'Architecture, ship-building, geography, navigation, voyages, travels'7i - Classified papers: volume 7i concerning 'Architecture, ship-building, geography, navigation, voyages, travels'
Expand 7ii - Classified papers: volume 7ii concerning 'Architecture, Ship-building, Geography, Navigation, Voyages, Travels'7ii - Classified papers: volume 7ii concerning 'Architecture, Ship-building, Geography, Navigation, Voyages, Travels'
Expand 8i - Classified papers: volume 8i concerning 'Astronomy'8i - Classified papers: volume 8i concerning 'Astronomy'
Expand 8ii - Classified papers: volume 8ii concerning 'Astronomy'8ii - Classified papers: volume 8ii concerning 'Astronomy'
Expand 9i - Classified papers: volume 9i concerning 'Mineralogy, Magneticks'9i - Classified papers: volume 9i concerning 'Mineralogy, Magneticks'
Expand 9ii - Classified papers: volume 9ii concerning 'Mineralogy, Magneticks'9ii - Classified papers: volume 9ii concerning 'Mineralogy, Magneticks'
Expand 10i - Classified papers: volume 10i concerning 'Botany'10i - Classified papers: volume 10i concerning 'Botany'
Expand 10ii - Classified papers: volume 10ii concerning 'Botany'10ii - Classified papers: volume 10ii concerning 'Botany'
Expand 10iii - Classified papers: volume 10iii concerning 'Agriculture'10iii - Classified papers: volume 10iii concerning 'Agriculture'
Expand 11i - Classified papers: volume 11i concerning 'Pharmacy, Chemystry'11i - Classified papers: volume 11i concerning 'Pharmacy, Chemystry'
Expand 11ii - Classified papers: volume 11ii concerning 'Pharmacy, Chemystry'11ii - Classified papers: volume 11ii concerning 'Pharmacy, Chemystry'
Expand 12i - Classified papers: volume 12i concerning 'Anatomy, Surgery'12i - Classified papers: volume 12i concerning 'Anatomy, Surgery'
Collapse 12ii - Classified papers: volume 12ii concerning 'Anatomy, Surgery'12ii - Classified papers: volume 12ii concerning 'Anatomy, Surgery'
1 - Paper, 'An account of a præternaturall tumour on the loins of an infant attended with a cloven spine' by W [William] Rutty
2 - Paper, 'Case in surgery on a leg rotting off' by J Niemeyer
3 - Paper, 'An answer to some objections that are newly raised against my high operation' by [John] Douglass [Douglas]
4 - Paper, 'Case of a fracture in the scull [sic]' by William Cheselden
5 - Letter, 'A letter from the Reverend Mr James Field Rector of St Johns in Antegoa' from James Field to John Douglas
5a - Letter, 'A letter from Mr Atkinson the surgeon in Whitechappel [Whitechapel]' from Mr Atkinson to John Douglas
6 - Paper, 'Account of the worm which came out of his wife's ear which worm he presented to the Royall Society' by John Rogers
Expand 7 - Paper, 'An account of the new method of cutting for the stone' by John Douglas7 - Paper, 'An account of the new method of cutting for the stone' by John Douglas
8 - Extract of a letter, 'An account of two observations upon the cataract of the eye' from Antonio Benevoli to Dr [Antonio Maria?] Valsalva
9 - Paper, 'Of a luxated shoulder reduced by a newly improved machine' by Mr Becket [William Beckett?]
Expand 10 - Paper, '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]10 - Paper, '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]
11 - Paper, 'Observations upon dissecting the body of a person troubled with the stone' by Perrott Williams
Expand 12 - Paper, 'Anatomia senis decrepiti annorum 109' by Johann Jakob Scheuchzer12 - Paper, 'Anatomia senis decrepiti annorum 109' by Johann Jakob Scheuchzer
13 - Paper, '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]
14 - Paper, '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]
15 - Paper, 'The remaining part of Margaret Millar's case' by [Robert Houston]
16 - Extract, 'An excretory duct from the glandula renalis. Extracted from the Giornale di Literati of Venice, for the year 1719' by unknown author
17 - Paper, 'The attest of Mr Meyer surgeon upon the case of a certain maid' by Mr Meyer
18 - Paper, 'An account of a dissection of an eye with a cataract' by Mr [John] Ranby
19 - Paper, 'Observatio anatomica' by Antonio Monrava
20 - Letter, 'Sectio oculorum duorum cataracta affectorum' from unknown author to Samuel Molyneux
21 - Plate, bladder stone from 18-year-old girl by unknown artist
22 - Paper, 'Of the membrana urinaria in a human placenta' by J D [James Douglas]
23 - Paper, 'An extraordinary case in surgery' by Joseph Atkinson
Expand 24 - Paper, 'An enquiry into a discovery said to have been made by Signor Valsalva of Bologna, of an excretory duct from the glandula renalis to the epididymis' by John Ranby24 - Paper, 'An enquiry into a discovery said to have been made by Signor Valsalva of Bologna, of an excretory duct from the glandula renalis to the epididymis' by John Ranby
25 - Paper, regarding a war wound by Th [Thomas] Schwencke
26 - Paper, regarding a short arm bone by unknown author
27 - Paper, 'On an ossified mola' by C [Claude] Amyand
28 - Paper, 'Tumour of the liver' by John Stevens
29 - Paper, 'Osteologiae universalis' by Ja [James] Douglas
30 - Letter, 'An account of a praeternatural bony substance found in the cavity of the thorax' from Wm [William] Giffard to Dr [William] Rutty
31 - Paper, 'Bourgeois machine' by Johan Henrich Hess
32 - Paper, 'Two newly discover'd arteries in women, going to the ovaria' by Mr [John] Ranby
33 - Paper, 'A praeternatural perforation found in the upper part of the stomach, with an account of the symptoms it produc'd' by Christopher Rawlinson
34 - Paper, 'A short account of opening the body of a man 70' by Mr [John] Ranby
35 - Paper, 'Two chirurgical questions stated and answered' by John Douglas
36 - Paper, 'Ingens materiae purulentae copia cariem et separationem totius ossis mali etc. inducens, et per triennium ex ore pueri defluens' by Peter Hardisway
37 - Paper, 'Some observations made in the dissections of two subjects' by [John] Ranby
38 - Copy of a letter, on the history of cataracts from Walthier [Rhaeti?] to J J [Johann Jakob] Scheuchzer
39 - Paper, 'An account of an aneurism [aneurysm] dissected by Mr Edw [Edward] Nourse surgeon, with some observations thereupon' by W [William] Rutty
40 - Paper, 'A remarkable case of an aneurism [aneurysm] from the memoirs of the Royal Academy of Sciences' by J D [John Douglas]
40a - Paper, 'An account of an aneurysm in the curvature of the aorta' by Mr Ed [Edward] Nourse
41 - Paper, regarding the causes of aneurysms by unknown author
42 - Paper, 'Some observations on aneurysms in general, and in partial on the foregoing' by F [Frank] Nicholls
Expand 43 - Paper, 'An account of some uncommon anastomoses of the spermatic vessells [vessels] in a woman' by Cromwell Mortimer43 - Paper, 'An account of some uncommon anastomoses of the spermatic vessells [vessels] in a woman' by Cromwell Mortimer
Expand 44 - Paper, 'An account of several stones found in the kidneys of a person' by Mr John Dobyns44 - Paper, 'An account of several stones found in the kidneys of a person' by Mr John Dobyns
45 - Letter, concerning epilepsy and cataracts from Waltheri Curiosi Rhaeti to [John Thomas] Woolhouse
46 - Extract, 'Extract of two uncommon cases of tumours of the abdomen, from a Latin tract publish'd at Strasburgh [Strasbourg] anno 1728 and entitul'd Joannis Boecleri M D etc ad exteros medicos epistola' by W [William] Rutty
Expand 47 - Extracts, 'An account of the skeleton of a man, the bones of which were filled with lead' by Mr Weaver [John Weever] and letter on the subject from Edmund Waller to Cromwell Mortimer47 - Extracts, 'An account of the skeleton of a man, the bones of which were filled with lead' by Mr Weaver [John Weever] and letter on the subject from Edmund Waller to Cromwell Mortimer
48 - Paper, 'Some observations made in the dissection of three subjects' by [John Ranby]
49 - Paper, case of a man who impaled himself by Jos [Joseph] Nichols
50 - Paper, account of Richard Castell's child who died of smallpox by Conrad Sprengell [Sprengwell], Alexander Gordon, John Ranby, and Richard Castell
51 - Note, regarding a stone extracted from a woman when she was in labour by unknown author
52 - Paper, 'Three cases' by Claudius [Claude] Amyand
53 - Paper, 'An account of what appeard most remarkable, on opening the body of Ann Edwards, who dy'd January 5 1730 having a large umbelical [umbilical] rupture' by John Ranby
Expand 54 - Note, description of an abscess on the left kidney by Francis Glisson and Hugh Chamberlen54 - Note, description of an abscess on the left kidney by Francis Glisson and Hugh Chamberlen
55 - Paper, regarding the dissolving of a stone with a plant by Michael Birmingham
56 - Paper, 'Some observations on a case lately publish'd by Dr Stuart' by C B
57 - Paper, 'Observations on the human stone' by Dr Burton
Expand 58 - Translation of a letter, 'Sir Hans Sloane's letter to the Marquis de Caumont, concerning this stone' by Hans Sloane58 - Translation of a letter, 'Sir Hans Sloane's letter to the Marquis de Caumont, concerning this stone' by Hans Sloane
59 - Letter, 'Containing the description of a very extraordinary stone or calculus taken out of the bladder of a man after death' from the Marquis de Caumont [Joseph de Seytres] to Hans Sloane
60 - Paper, 'An account of the case above mentioned' by Salien
61 - Proposal, 'Prize. Proposed by the Academy of Surgery for the year 1742' by Michael Bermingham
62 - Paper, 'Observations of a wound in the right thigh, which was in the side, of the superior, middle, and external part of the said thigh, with an orifise [orifice], in the great posteriour branch, of the crural arterie, where it was impossible to make the ligature, being to [sic] near the trunc, so was cured, without the operation of amputation' by [Michael] Bermingham
63 - Paper, 'Account of Ld [Lord] Carpenter's gun-shot wound in the mouth' by George Lord Carpenter
64 - Paper, 'An extraordinary case of the foramen ovale of the heart being found in an adult' by Claudius [Claude] Amyand
65 - Paper, 'A briefe narrative of the shott of Dr Robert Fielding with a muskett bullett and its strange manner of coming out of his head' by Robert Fielding
66 - Paper, 'An account of the bones of animals being changed to a red colour by aliment only' by John Belchier
66a - Paper, 'A further account of the bones of animals being made red by aliment only' by Mr John Belchier
67 - Paper, 'An account of the man whose arm with the shoulder blade was torn off by a mill the 15th of August last 1737' by Mr John Belchier
68 - Paper, 'Some observations on the case of Mr Le Grange' by Alex [Alexander] Stuart
69 - Paper, 'The operation of a hernia scrotalis occasioned by the omentum and the apendix [appendix] coeci perforated by a needle incrusted with chalk in its blunt end' by [Claude] Amyand
70 - Paper, 'Of an inguinal rupture with a pin in the appendix coeci incrusted with stone; with some observations of wounds in the gutts' by Claudius [Claude] Amyand
71 - Paper, 'Experiments to concerning the effects of the perforation of the thorax upon respiration, made at Leyden in 1728 and 1729' by William Houstoun
Expand 72 - Paper, 'Of the obstruction of the billiary ducts, and an imposthumation of the gall blader [sic] discharging upwards of 18 quarts of billious matter in 25 days, without any apparent defect in the animal functions' by Claude Amyand72 - Paper, 'Of the obstruction of the billiary ducts, and an imposthumation of the gall blader [sic] discharging upwards of 18 quarts of billious matter in 25 days, without any apparent defect in the animal functions' by Claude Amyand
73 - Paper, 'First three Croonian Lectures I, II, III on the motion of the heart' by Alexander Stuart
Expand 74 - Paper, 'An account of a large bony-substance found in the womb' by Edward Hody74 - Paper, 'An account of a large bony-substance found in the womb' by Edward Hody
Expand 13 - Classified papers: volume 13 concerning 'Monsters, Longevity'13 - Classified papers: volume 13 concerning 'Monsters, Longevity'
Expand 14i - Classified papers: volume 14i concerning 'Physick'14i - Classified papers: volume 14i concerning 'Physick'
Expand 14ii - Classified papers: volume 14ii concerning 'Physick'14ii - Classified papers: volume 14ii concerning 'Physick'
Expand 15i - Classified papers: volume 15i concerning 'Zoology'15i - Classified papers: volume 15i concerning 'Zoology'
Expand 15ii - Classified papers: volume 15ii concerning 'Zoology'15ii - Classified papers: volume 15ii concerning 'Zoology'
Expand 16 - Classified papers: volume 16 concerning 'Grammar, Chronology, History, Antiquities'16 - Classified papers: volume 16 concerning 'Grammar, Chronology, History, Antiquities'
Expand 17 - Classified papers: volume 17 concerning 'Miscellaneous Papers'17 - Classified papers: volume 17 concerning 'Miscellaneous Papers'
Expand 18i - Classified papers: volume 18i of classified papers concering 'Papin and Hauksbee papers'18i - Classified papers: volume 18i of classified papers concering 'Papin and Hauksbee papers'
Expand 18ii - Classified papers: volume 18ii concerning 'Desaguliers papers'18ii - Classified papers: volume 18ii concerning 'Desaguliers papers'
Expand 19 - Classified papers: volume 19, questions and answers19 - Classified papers: volume 19, questions and answers
Expand 20 - Classified papers: volume 20, Robert Hooke's papers20 - Classified papers: volume 20, Robert Hooke's papers
Expand 21 - Classified papers: volume 21, Edmond Halley's papers21 - Classified papers: volume 21, Edmond Halley's papers
Expand 22i - Classified papers: volume 22i , accounts of books22i - Classified papers: volume 22i , accounts of books
Expand 22ii - Classified papers: volume 22ii, accounts and books22ii - Classified papers: volume 22ii, accounts and books
Expand 23i - Classified papers: volume 23i, inoculations23i - Classified papers: volume 23i, inoculations
Expand 23ii - Classified papers: volume 23ii, inoculations23ii - Classified papers: volume 23ii, inoculations
Expand 24 - Classified papers: volume 24, papers of  John Collins, Henry Oldenburg, Robert Hooke, mathematics24 - Classified papers: volume 24, papers of John Collins, Henry Oldenburg, Robert Hooke, mathematics
Expand 25 - Classified papers: volume 25 concerning politics and trades25 - Classified papers: volume 25 concerning politics and trades

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