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Paper, 'Of an extraordinary steatomous abdomical tumour' by P Hanly

Reference number: L&P/5/221

Date: 06 September 1770

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Subject: Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Account of an extraordinary steatomatous tumour, in the abdomen of a woman, By P. Hanly, M. D. communicated by Charles Morton, M. D. Sec. R. S'

Read 21 February 1771

Reference number
L&P/5/221
Earliest possible date
06 September 1770
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Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Of an extraordinary steatomous abdomical tumour' by P Hanly, 06 September 1770, L&P/5/221, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_221/paper-of-an-extraordinary-steatomous-abdomical-tumour-by-p-hanly, accessed on 13 July 2026

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