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Translation, 'An account, Englished out of French, of an unusuall way of cutting the stone of the bladder, practised by a French man in France' by Sir R [Robert] Moray

Reference number: CLP/12i/5

Date: 15 July 1663

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English translation of a paper regarding Monsieur Raoux's method for treating patients with bladder stones through an operation involving manual manipulation of the stone. See CLP/12i/4 for original version in French.

Subject: Surgery / Medicine

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CLP/12i/5
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15 July 1663
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Ink on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Robert Moray

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Robert Moray, Translation, 'An account, Englished out of French, of an unusuall way of cutting the stone of the bladder, practised by a French man in France' by Sir R [Robert] Moray, 15 July 1663, CLP/12i/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_12i_5/translation-an-account-englished-out-of-french-of-an-unusuall-way-of-cutting-the-stone-of-the-bladder-practised-by-a-french-man-in-france-by-sir-r-robert-moray, accessed on 08 March 2026

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