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'Some observations on a Case lately published in Philosophical Transactions by Dr Stewart communicated to Dr Mortimer'

Reference number: RBO/17/3

Date: 1731

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Observations of bile in the body to advance a new hypothesis for explaining the symptoms in the case of a person who died from a wound in the gall bladder
Previous article was by Alexander Stuart in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 36, no 414, p 341
Read to the Royal Society on 9 March 1731

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RBO/17/3
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1731
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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'Some observations on a Case lately published in Philosophical Transactions by Dr Stewart communicated to Dr Mortimer', 1731, RBO/17/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_17_3/some-observations-on-a-case-lately-published-in-philosophical-transactions-by-dr-stewart-communicated-to-dr-mortimer, accessed on 15 January 2026

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