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Paper, 'Explanation of an essay on the use of bile in the animal oeconomy based on observations of a wound in the gall bladder' by Alexander Stuart

Reference number: CLP/14ii/39

Date: 1732

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Stuart expands upon an earlier paper on the function of bile in the body.

Subject: Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Explanation of an essay on the use of the bile in the animal oeconomy, by Alexander Stuart, M. D. Physician in ordinary to her Majesty, F. R. S. and of the College of Physicians. Vide N˚. 414'

Read to the Royal Society on 6 July 1732

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CLP/14ii/39
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1732
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Ink on paper
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24 pages
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Manuscript

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Alexander Stuart

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Alexander Stuart, Paper, 'Explanation of an essay on the use of bile in the animal oeconomy based on observations of a wound in the gall bladder' by Alexander Stuart, 1732, CLP/14ii/39, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_14ii_39/paper-explanation-of-an-essay-on-the-use-of-bile-in-the-animal-oeconomy-based-on-observations-of-a-wound-in-the-gall-bladder-by-alexander-stuart, accessed on 15 March 2025

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