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Paper, 'A relation of a bone voided out of the bladder of Sir Wm [William] Throckmorton' by Thomas Coxe

Reference number: CLP/14i/5

Date: 24 April 1667

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Coxe describes the case of a soldier who had been shot during wars on numerous occasions and who subsequently had to have splinters of bone removed. He complained of pain during urination and abdominal pain for several years and was thought to have a bladder stone. He eventually voided the 'stone' which was found to be a bone fragment.

Subject: Medicine

Communicated by Thomas Coxe. Read to the Royal Society on 25 April 1667.

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CLP/14i/5
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24 April 1667
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Thomas Coxe

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Thomas Coxe, Paper, 'A relation of a bone voided out of the bladder of Sir Wm [William] Throckmorton' by Thomas Coxe, 24 April 1667, CLP/14i/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_14i_5/paper-a-relation-of-a-bone-voided-out-of-the-bladder-of-sir-wm-william-throckmorton-by-thomas-coxe, accessed on 21 April 2026

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