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Observations of:
- gall stones and uterus with tumours which weighed over seven pounds
- spleen with pus
- man who died of jaundice
Read to the Royal Society on 9 April 1730

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RBO/14/114
Earliest possible date
1730
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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'Some Observations made in the Dissection of three Subjects' by John Ranby, surgeon, 1730, RBO/14/114, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_14_114/some-observations-made-in-the-dissection-of-three-subjects-by-john-ranby-surgeon, accessed on 20 June 2025

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