Paper, 'A relation of the cutting of an ivory bodkin out of the bladder of a young woman' by Thomas Proby
Reference number: CLP/12i/58
Date: 1695
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A woman of Fishamble Street in Dublin unintentionally swallowed an ivory bodkin. The bodkin ultimately passed to her bladder, and Proby attempted to remove it by the same method that was used for removing bladder stones. The account was witnessed by T [Thomas] Molyneux, Wm [William] Smith, and G Blackall, as well as by the mark of Dorcas Blake.
Subject: Surgery
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A relation of the cutting an ivory bodkin out of the bladder of a young woman in Dublin, by Mr. Proby; communicated by Dr. Thomas Molyneux, F. R. S.'.
Communicated by Thomas Molyneux. Read to the Royal Society on 6 November 1695.
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- CLP/12i/58
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- 1695
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Author: Tho. Proby
Date: 1st January 1700
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1700.0003
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