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Paper, 'An account of what apeared [sic] upon the opening of the body of Mr Thomas Castillion on Monday September 19th 1687 with some slender reflections thereupon' by unknown author

Reference number: CLP/12i/48

Date: 1687

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The author describes the autopsy of an emaciated man who had complained of abdominal pain. The man was found to have a displaced stomach and colon as well as an enlarged lung. The author then goes on to describe the unsuccessfuln treatment given to the man prior to his death.

Subject: Medicine

Read to the Royal Society on 4 May 1698.

Reference number
CLP/12i/48
Earliest possible date
1687
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'An account of what apeared [sic] upon the opening of the body of Mr Thomas Castillion on Monday September 19th 1687 with some slender reflections thereupon' by unknown author, 1687, CLP/12i/48, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_12i_48/paper-an-account-of-what-apeared-sic-upon-the-opening-of-the-body-of-mr-thomas-castillion-on-monday-september-19th-1687-with-some-slender-reflections-thereupon-by-unknown-author, accessed on 15 March 2026

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