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Salien provides an account of the bladder stone discussed by the Marquis of Caumont and Sir Hans Sloane in their letters at CLP/12ii/58-59. Salien gives a history of the man's condition before he died, including urinary retention, ultimately dying from a complete blockage caused by the stone.

Subject: Medicine

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of the case above-mentioned, translated from the French by Mr. Zollman, F. R. S'.

Translated from the original French by Philip Zollman. Read to the Royal Society on 18 March 1735.

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CLP/12ii/60
Earliest possible date
1735
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'An account of the case above mentioned' by Salien, 1735, CLP/12ii/60, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_12ii_60/paper-an-account-of-the-case-above-mentioned-by-salien, accessed on 18 May 2025

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