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Letter, 'A letter from the Reverend Mr James Field Rector of St Johns in Antegoa' from James Field to John Douglas

Reference number: CLP/12ii/5

Date: 24 August 1720

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A copy of a letter from James Field, rector of St John's in Antegoa [Antigua and Barbuda], to John Douglas. Field describes two instances of stab wounds to the stomach which were stitched together by a surgeon called Mr Forest. Both individuals recovered.

Subject: Surgery / Medicine

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A letter from the Reverend Mr. James Field, Rector of St. Johns in Antegoa, concerning two cases of wounds in the stomach, to Mr. John Douglas, Surgeon, F. R. S'.

Written by Field at Windsor. Read to the Royal Society on 22 March 1721.

Reference number
CLP/12ii/5
Earliest possible date
24 August 1720
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'A letter from the Reverend Mr James Field Rector of St Johns in Antegoa' from James Field to John Douglas, 24 August 1720, CLP/12ii/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_12ii_5/letter-a-letter-from-the-reverend-mr-james-field-rector-of-st-johns-in-antegoa-from-james-field-to-john-douglas, accessed on 12 December 2025

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