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'A remarkable Case of the delivery of a human foetus by the Anus' by J G Scheuchzer

Reference number: RBO/14/22

Date: 1728

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'...being an account of a Book intitled: 'Relazione di Nicolo Patuna Chirurgo in Venezia ...'
Read to the Royal Society on 11 July 1728

Reference number
RBO/14/22
Earliest possible date
1728
Page extent
17 pages
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Manuscript

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'A remarkable Case of the delivery of a human foetus by the Anus' by J G Scheuchzer, 1728, RBO/14/22, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_14_22/a-remarkable-case-of-the-delivery-of-a-human-foetus-by-the-anus-by-j-g-scheuchzer, accessed on 14 July 2025

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