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'Account of a Dropsy in the left Ovary of a woman aged 58 cured by a large Incision made in the Side of the Abdomen' by Robert Houstoun

Reference number: RBO/11/120

Date: 1723

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Read to the Royal Society on 13 February 1723

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RBO/11/120
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1723
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10 pages
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Manuscript

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'Account of a Dropsy in the left Ovary of a woman aged 58 cured by a large Incision made in the Side of the Abdomen' by Robert Houstoun, 1723, RBO/11/120, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_11_120/account-of-a-dropsy-in-the-left-ovary-of-a-woman-aged-58-cured-by-a-large-incision-made-in-the-side-of-the-abdomen-by-robert-houstoun, accessed on 11 September 2024

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