'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
- Format
- 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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Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 18, copies of papers communicated 1732-1734
1732-1734 Reference number: RBO/18
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Dates: 1661 - 1739
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