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'An Essay upon the Use of the Bile in the Animal Oeconomy founded upon an observation of a Wound in the Gall Bladder' by Alexander Stuart, Physician in Ordinary to her Majesty

Reference number: RBO/15/3

Date: 1730

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- Details of the post-mortem by Mr Coldham, surgeon, of the man, who had wounded his gall bladder, in the presence of Messrs Fiquel and Black, with several gentlemen and Stuart
- case history of the man before he was wounded
- details about 'hysterick or nervous Colick'
Read to the Royal Society on 28 May 1730

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RBO/15/3
Earliest possible date
1730
Page extent
19 pages
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Manuscript

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'An Essay upon the Use of the Bile in the Animal Oeconomy founded upon an observation of a Wound in the Gall Bladder' by Alexander Stuart, Physician in Ordinary to her Majesty, 1730, RBO/15/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_15_3/an-essay-upon-the-use-of-the-bile-in-the-animal-oeconomy-founded-upon-an-observation-of-a-wound-in-the-gall-bladder-by-alexander-stuart-physician-in-ordinary-to-her-majesty, accessed on 24 April 2025

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