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'An abstract of Medical Essays and Observations revised and published by a Society in Edinburgh anno 1733' by Dr Graeme

Reference number: RBO/19/23

Date: 1735

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Details about the city of Edinburgh and the surrounding landscape; meteorological observations given; account of the diseases that were prevalent in Edinburgh between 1731 and 1732; account of an alterative mercurial medicine communicated to the Society by Andrew Plummer; details of the virtues and uses of the mineral water near Moffat by George Milligen, surgeon at Moffat; experiments on the medicinal waters of Moffat by Andrew Plummer; essay on the art of injecting the vessels of animals by Alexander Monro; demonstrating the strength of the bones to resist powers applied to break them transversely by William Porterfield; remarks on the Articulation, muscles and luxation of the lower jaw by Alexander Monro; essay on the motion of the thorax and lungs in respiration by George Martin; essay on the nutrition of the foetus in utero by Joseph Gibson; improvements in performing the operation of the paracenthesis; concerning kidney stones; essay on the improvement of medicine by John Drummond senior
Read to the Royal Society on 24 April 1735 and 1 May 1735

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RBO/19/23
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1735
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27 pages
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Manuscript

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'An abstract of Medical Essays and Observations revised and published by a Society in Edinburgh anno 1733' by Dr Graeme, 1735, RBO/19/23, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_19_23/an-abstract-of-medical-essays-and-observations-revised-and-published-by-a-society-in-edinburgh-anno-1733-by-dr-graeme, accessed on 20 June 2025

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