Paper, 'An account of a foetus, that continued 46 years in the mother's body' by Dr [Johann Georg] Steigertahl
Reference number: CLP/14ii/7
Date: 1720
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Steigertahl shares the case study of Anna Mullern, who was found to have been carrying a lithopaedion for 46 years. Includes engraved figure.
Subject: Physiology / Obstetrics
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of a fœtus, that continued 46 years in the mother's body'
Read to the Royal Society on 2 February 1720
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- CLP/14ii/7
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- 1720
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- Page extent
- 13 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Johann Georg Steigertahl, Paper, 'An account of a foetus, that continued 46 years in the mother's body' by Dr [Johann Georg] Steigertahl, 1720, CLP/14ii/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_14ii_7/paper-an-account-of-a-foetus-that-continued-46-years-in-the-mothers-body-by-dr-johann-georg-steigertahl, accessed on 18 July 2026
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Date: 31st December 1721
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1720.0032
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'An account of a Foetus that continued 46 years in the mothers Body' communicated by Dr Steigertahl
Creator: Johann Georg Steigertahl Reference number: RBO/11/21
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