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Details of swelling in woman's throat, that a poultice was applied but not enough to prevent death
Read to the Royal Society on 24 February 1731

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RBO/16/60
Earliest possible date
1731
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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'An account of a Person who for two years could not swallow any Liquid' communicated by Theophilus Lobb to Cromwell Mortimer, 1731, RBO/16/60, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_16_60/an-account-of-a-person-who-for-two-years-could-not-swallow-any-liquid-communicated-by-theophilus-lobb-to-cromwell-mortimer, accessed on 19 July 2026

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