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Paper, 'Some observations on aneurysms in general, and in partial on the foregoing' by F [Frank] Nicholls

Reference number: CLP/12ii/42

Date: 1728

Description

Nicholls writes about the causes and nature of aneurysms as well as the contemporary debate regarding whether or not an aneurysm was formed by a dilation of the artery or by a rupture of the internal coats of the artery and a distension of the external coat.

Subject: Medicine

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Some observations on aneurysms in general, and in particular, on the fore-going'.

Read to the Royal Society on 23 May 1728.

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CLP/12ii/42
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1728
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Frank Nicholls

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Frank Nicholls, Paper, 'Some observations on aneurysms in general, and in partial on the foregoing' by F [Frank] Nicholls, 1728, CLP/12ii/42, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_12ii_42/paper-some-observations-on-aneurysms-in-general-and-in-partial-on-the-foregoing-by-f-frank-nicholls, accessed on 09 October 2024

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