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'The Case of Mr Lolly's Child by Claudius Amyand'

Reference number: RBO/15/39

Date: 1730

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Child was born with its intestines protruding and lived for three days - Amyand provides details of post-mortem
Details of a woman who had difficulty urinating after giving birth
Read to the Royal Society on 7 January 1730

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RBO/15/39
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1730
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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'The Case of Mr Lolly's Child by Claudius Amyand', 1730, RBO/15/39, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_15_39/the-case-of-mr-lollys-child-by-claudius-amyand, accessed on 19 July 2025

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