Paper, 'Of ambe for reducing dislocations' by John Freke

Reference number: L&P/1/203

Date: 1743

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Contains three plates and seven figures.

Subject: Physiology/Engineering

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'The description of an instrument for reducing a dislocated shoulder; invented by Mr. John Freke, Surgeon of St. Bartholomew's Hospital and F. R. S'

Read 23 June 1743.

Reference number: L&P/1/203
Earliest possible date: 1743
Physical description: Ink on paper and three plates
Page extent: 7 pages
Format: Manuscript

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John Freke

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John Freke, Paper, 'Of ambe for reducing dislocations' by John Freke, 1743, L&P/1/203, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_203/paper-of-ambe-for-reducing-dislocations-by-john-freke, accessed on 09 February 2026

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X. The description of an instrument for reducing a dislocated shoulder; invented by Mr. John Freke, Surgeon of St. Bartholomew's Hospital and F. R. S External link, opens in new tab.

Date: 31st December 1743

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1742.0083

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Letters and Papers of a scientific nature submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1741-1806 Reference number: L&P
Decade 1 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1741-1746 Reference number: L&P/1

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