Skip to content

Please be aware that some material may contain words, descriptions or illustrations which will not reflect current scientific understanding and may be considered in today's context inaccurate, unethical, offensive or distressing.

The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Letter, 'Of a surgical case' by Edward Spry

Reference number: L&P/2/555

Date: 1754

Description

4 pages in Latin and 3 pages of English translation.

Subject: Medicine

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A remarkable case of a morbid eye: by Mr. Edward Spry, Surgeon, at Plymouth, in Devonshire'

Read 9 January 1755

Reference number
L&P/2/555
Earliest possible date
1754
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
9 pages
Format
Manuscript

Use this record

IIIF manifest

View​ IIIF ​ manifest Opens in new tab

Open in Mirador viewer Opens in new tab

Export this record

Download PDF Opens in new tab

Citation

Letter, 'Of a surgical case' by Edward Spry, 1754, L&P/2/555, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_555/letter-of-a-surgical-case-by-edward-spry, accessed on 14 July 2025

Link to this record

https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_555/letter-of-a-surgical-case-by-edward-spry

Embed this record

<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/l-and-p_2_555/letter-of-a-surgical-case-by-edward-spry" title="Letter, 'Of a surgical case' by Edward Spry" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>

Related Publications

Hierarchy

This item is part of:

Explore the collection

  • Letters and Papers

    'Letters and Papers' contains the scientific correspondence sent to the Royal Society through the 18th century, many of which were published in its journal.

    Dates: 1741 - 1806

    View collection