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Paper, 'Of two stones found in the omasum of a horse at Kettering in [Northamptonshire, England]' by Benjamin La Motte

Reference number: CLP/15ii/9

Date: 1727

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La Motte presents a stone to the Royal Society and explains that it was found in the stomach of 'one of the best and briskest horses [...] when the stones broke into the gutt, he fell down and died in great pain and torment.'

Subject: Veterinary medicine

Read to the Royal Society on 29 February 1727

Reference number
CLP/15ii/9
Earliest possible date
1727
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Of two stones found in the omasum of a horse at Kettering in [Northamptonshire, England]' by Benjamin La Motte, 1727, CLP/15ii/9, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_15ii_9/paper-of-two-stones-found-in-the-omasum-of-a-horse-at-kettering-in-northamptonshire-england-by-benjamin-la-motte, accessed on 18 May 2026

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