Paper, 'A short account of opening the body of a man 70' by Mr [John] Ranby
Reference number: CLP/12ii/34
Date: 1727
Description
Ranby describes the autopsy of a 70-year-old man who was found to have a diseased colon, intestines and kidneys that were twice their normal size, and a bladder that was thickened and contained a large stone.
Subject: Medicine / Anatomy
Read to the Royal Society on 20 April 1727.
- Reference number
- CLP/12ii/34
- Earliest possible date
- 1727
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Ranby, Paper, 'A short account of opening the body of a man 70' by Mr [John] Ranby, 1727, CLP/12ii/34, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_12ii_34/paper-a-short-account-of-opening-the-body-of-a-man-70-by-mr-john-ranby, accessed on 18 April 2025
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Dates: 1592 - 1741
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