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Paper, 'Tumour of the liver' by John Stevens

Reference number: CLP/12ii/28

Date: 1720s

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Stevens describes the appearance and location of a tumour in the liver of a man. He then provides details about a specimen of an umbilical rupture of a stillborn child.

Subject: Anatomy

Read to the Royal Society on 24 March 1725.

Reference number
CLP/12ii/28
Earliest possible date
1720s
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Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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John Stevens

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John Stevens, Paper, 'Tumour of the liver' by John Stevens, 1720s, CLP/12ii/28, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_12ii_28/paper-tumour-of-the-liver-by-john-stevens, accessed on 07 June 2026

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