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Paper, 'A remarkable case of an aneurism [aneurysm] from the memoirs of the Royal Academy of Sciences' by J D [John Douglas]

Reference number: CLP/12ii/40

Date: 16 May 1728

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Douglas describes a paper published in the Memoires of the Royal Academy of Sciences and provides commentary on the case. The case relates to an autopsy of a man who died of a large aneurysm or dilated artery, and Douglas describes the size, appearance, and placement of the aneurysm before describing the dissection of the aneurysm.

Subject: Medicine

Read to the Royal Society on 28 May 1728.

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CLP/12ii/40
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16 May 1728
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Ink on paper
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16 pages
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Manuscript

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John Douglas

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John Douglas, Paper, 'A remarkable case of an aneurism [aneurysm] from the memoirs of the Royal Academy of Sciences' by J D [John Douglas], 16 May 1728, CLP/12ii/40, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_12ii_40/paper-a-remarkable-case-of-an-aneurism-aneurysm-from-the-memoirs-of-the-royal-academy-of-sciences-by-j-d-john-douglas, accessed on 11 July 2025

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