RefNoPT/4/5
LevelFile
TitlePaper, 'Description of an extraordinary human foetus' in a letter from Mr B [Benjamin] Gibson to H [Honoratus] Leigh Thomas
CreatorGibson; Benjamin (1774-1812); English surgeon
DateJune 1809
Description33 manuscript pages and one plate showing an anterior view of the heart and arteries of the foetus.

Subject: Anatomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Description of an extraordinary human fœtus. In a letter from Mr. Benj. Gibson Surgeon, to H. Leigh Thomas, Esq. F. R. S'.

Written by Gibson in Manchester. Read 8 February 1810.

Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 1, 1832.
Extent34p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1800.0204
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1810.0007
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6659Thomas; Honoratus Leigh (1769 - 1846)1769 - 1846
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