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Paper, 'Of an operation for the extraction of 3 inches 10 lines of the bone of the upper arm' by Claude Nicholas Le Cat

Reference number: L&P/4/350

Date: 1766

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Subject: Medicine

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the extraction of three inches and ten lines of the bone of the upper arm, which was followed by a regeneration of the bony matter; with a description of a machine made use of to keep the upper and lower pieces of the bone at their proper distances, during the time that the regeneration was taking place; and which may also be of service in fractures happening near the head of that bone. By Mr. Le Cat Professor of Anatomy and Surgery at Rouen, Member of several Academies, and F. R. S'

Read 26 November 1766

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L&P/4/350
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1766
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Ink on paper
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10 pages
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Claude Nicholas Le Cat

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Claude Nicholas Le Cat, Paper, 'Of an operation for the extraction of 3 inches 10 lines of the bone of the upper arm' by Claude Nicholas Le Cat, 1766, L&P/4/350, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_350/paper-of-an-operation-for-the-extraction-of-3-inches-10-lines-of-the-bone-of-the-upper-arm-by-claude-nicholas-le-cat, accessed on 07 December 2024

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