Paper, 'Observations of what did praeternaturally occour in the opening of Mr Smith of Highgate on July 8th 1687' by Edward Tyson
Reference number: CLP/12i/30
Date: 1687
Description
Tyson relates the findings of an autopsy on Mr Smith, including an enlarged bladder and ureters, emaciated kidneys, and an enlarged liver and heart.
Subject: Anatomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Observations of what did præternaturally occur in the opening of the body of Mr. Smith of Highgate July 8th. 1687. Communicated by that learned Physitian Dr. Edward Tyson Reg. Soc. Soc'.
Read to the Royal Society on 13 July 1687.
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- CLP/12i/30
- Earliest possible date
- 1687
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Edward Tyson, Paper, 'Observations of what did praeternaturally occour in the opening of Mr Smith of Highgate on July 8th 1687' by Edward Tyson, 1687, CLP/12i/30, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_12i_30/paper-observations-of-what-did-praeternaturally-occour-in-the-opening-of-mr-smith-of-highgate-on-july-8th-1687-by-edward-tyson, accessed on 16 June 2025
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