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Paper, 'An extraordinary case of the foramen ovale of the heart being found in an adult' by Claudius [Claude] Amyand

Reference number: CLP/12ii/64

Date: 08 May 1732

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Amyand describes the autopsy of a 22-year-old man who had died of unknown causes and was found to have an open foramen ovale, a hole present in the heart of babies that normally closes by six months of age.

Subject: Anatomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An extraordinary case of the foramen ovale of the heart, being found open in an adult'.

Written by Amyand in London. Read to the Royal Society on 11 May 1732.

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CLP/12ii/64
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08 May 1732
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3 pages
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Claude Amyand

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Claude Amyand, Paper, 'An extraordinary case of the foramen ovale of the heart being found in an adult' by Claudius [Claude] Amyand, 08 May 1732, CLP/12ii/64, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_12ii_64/paper-an-extraordinary-case-of-the-foramen-ovale-of-the-heart-being-found-in-an-adult-by-claudius-claude-amyand, accessed on 14 December 2024

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