Paper, case of a man who impaled himself by Jos [Joseph] Nichols
Reference number: CLP/12ii/49
Date: 1730
Description
Nichols describes a case of a man who fell from a fishing boat onto a kedge anchor, impaling his abdomen and forcing his intestines from his body. Once the swelling of his intestines subsided, the wound was stitched and the man recovered.
Subject: Medicine / Surgery
Read to the Royal Society on 9 April 1730.
- Reference number
- CLP/12ii/49
- Earliest possible date
- 1730
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Paper, case of a man who impaled himself by Jos [Joseph] Nichols, 1730, CLP/12ii/49, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_12ii_49/paper-case-of-a-man-who-impaled-himself-by-jos-joseph-nichols, accessed on 20 June 2025
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