'An Account of an uncommon Death' in a letter from Christopher Wolff to the late William Rutty
Reference number: RBO/16/64
Date: 1731
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Man who was killed by a stone falling on his stomach without making a wound externally but internally there appeared a rupture of the intestines
Read to the Royal Society on 8 July or 28 October 1731
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- RBO/16/64
- Earliest possible date
- 1731
- Page extent
- 1 page
- Format
- Manuscript
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'An Account of an uncommon Death' in a letter from Christopher Wolff to the late William Rutty, 1731, RBO/16/64, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_16_64/an-account-of-an-uncommon-death-in-a-letter-from-christopher-wolff-to-the-late-william-rutty, accessed on 18 August 2026
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Letter, from Christian Wolff to William Rutty
Creator: Christian Wolff, Christian von Wolff Reference number: EL/W4/6
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Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 16, copies of papers communicated 1731-1732
1731-1732 Reference number: RBO/16
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Dates: 1661 - 1739
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