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Note, description of an abscess on the left kidney by Francis Glisson and Hugh Chamberlen

Reference number: CLP/12ii/54

Date: 18 November 1670

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Glisson and Chamberlen describes the autopsy by Mr Holliar of a woman who was found to have an abscess in the left kidney, and stones in the right kidney and ureter. Original figure on reverse.

Subject: Medicine

Read to the Royal Society on 5 March 1729.

Reference number
CLP/12ii/54
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18 November 1670
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Francis Glisson

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Hugh Chamberlen

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Francis Glisson, Hugh Chamberlen, Note, description of an abscess on the left kidney by Francis Glisson and Hugh Chamberlen, 18 November 1670, CLP/12ii/54, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_12ii_54/note-description-of-an-abscess-on-the-left-kidney-by-francis-glisson-and-hugh-chamberlen, accessed on 09 October 2024

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