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Third and unpublished part of Houston's paper regarding a woman who suffered a dropsy [oedema] in the left ovary and was treated with a large incision. In this part, Houston writes about the presence of hydatides in the body and the state of placenta during and after birth. First two parts located at CLP/12ii/13-14.

Subject: Anatomy / Surgery

Read to the Royal Society on 20 February 1723.

Reference number
CLP/12ii/15
Earliest possible date
1723
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Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Robert Houston

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Robert Houston, Paper, 'The remaining part of Margaret Millar's case' by [Robert Houston], 1723, CLP/12ii/15, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_12ii_15/paper-the-remaining-part-of-margaret-millars-case-by-robert-houston, accessed on 04 December 2024

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    Dates: 1592-1741

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