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That the fracture was across the 'Os bregmatis' from the 'Sagital Suture' to the temporal bone - fluid was drained three times - now healed
Read to the Royal Society on 18 January 1721

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RBO/11/44
Earliest possible date
1721
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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'Mr Cheselden's Case of a fracture in the Skull', 1721, RBO/11/44, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_11_44/mr-cheseldens-case-of-a-fracture-in-the-skull, accessed on 08 February 2025

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