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'Of the Obstruction of the Biliary Ducts and an impostumation of the Gall Bladder' by Mr Amyand

Reference number: RBO/18/50

Date: 1733

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Concerning Mr la Grange, 50 years old who died of an abcess in the 'vesica fellis'
Gall bladder discharged over eighteen quarts of bilious matter in 25 days without any body disfunction
Engraved figuge of liver from 'Philosophical Transactions' (drawn from memory because it was not allowed to be removed from the body)

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RBO/18/50
Earliest possible date
1733
Page extent
9 pages
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Manuscript

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'Of the Obstruction of the Biliary Ducts and an impostumation of the Gall Bladder' by Mr Amyand, 1733, RBO/18/50, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_18_50/of-the-obstruction-of-the-biliary-ducts-and-an-impostumation-of-the-gall-bladder-by-mr-amyand, accessed on 17 June 2026

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