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
Description
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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Dates: 1592 - 1741
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