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Accounts of both Mr Meyer, a surgeon, and the Henr Lud [Henry Ludwig?] Kregel, minister of Weidel [Bavaria, Germany], regarding an autopsy of a woman who had died of a prolapsed bladder filled with bladder stones. The woman was found to have extremely diseased intestines as well. Kregel's account is dated 15 gbr [April?] 1723.

Subject: Medicine

Read to the Royal Society on 12 March 1723.

Reference number
CLP/12ii/17
Earliest possible date
1723
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'The attest of Mr Meyer surgeon upon the case of a certain maid' by Mr Meyer, 1723, CLP/12ii/17, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_12ii_17/paper-the-attest-of-mr-meyer-surgeon-upon-the-case-of-a-certain-maid-by-mr-meyer, accessed on 19 May 2025

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