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Hody describes the autopsy of a 57-year-old woman who had died of asthma and was found to have a bony substance with a fleshy interior attached to the inside of her uterus. Engraved figure with anotations from Philosophical Transactions attached.

Subject: Anatomy / Medicine

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of a large bony substance found in the womb, which was shewn to the Royal Society, May the 17th, 1733'.

Read to the Royal Society on 17 May 1733.

Reference number
CLP/12ii/74
Earliest possible date
17 May 1733
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Ink on paper
Page extent
8 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Edward Hody

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Edward Hody, Paper, 'An account of a large bony-substance found in the womb' by Edward Hody, 17 May 1733, CLP/12ii/74, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_12ii_74/paper-an-account-of-a-large-bony-substance-found-in-the-womb-by-edward-hody, accessed on 15 February 2025

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