'An Account of the Operation and cure of a Hernia Scrotalis occasioned by the Omentum and the Appendix Cocci perforated by a Needle as first thought, but found to be a Pin incrusted with Chalk' by Claudius Amyand
Reference number: RBO/19/37
Date: 1735
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Hanvil Anderson aged 11 was admitted to hospital near Hyde Park Corner - details of operation given
Provides four observations of others with scrotal ruptures
Read to the Royal Society on 11 and 18 December 1735
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- RBO/19/37
- Earliest possible date
- 1735
- Page extent
- 10 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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'An Account of the Operation and cure of a Hernia Scrotalis occasioned by the Omentum and the Appendix Cocci perforated by a Needle as first thought, but found to be a Pin incrusted with Chalk' by Claudius Amyand, 1735, RBO/19/37, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_19_37/an-account-of-the-operation-and-cure-of-a-hernia-scrotalis-occasioned-by-the-omentum-and-the-appendix-cocci-perforated-by-a-needle-as-first-thought-but-found-to-be-a-pin-incrusted-with-chalk-by-claudius-amyand, accessed on 21 January 2026
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Paper, 'The operation of a hernia scrotalis occasioned by the omentum and the apendix [appendix] coeci perforated by a needle incrusted with chalk in its blunt end' by [Claude] Amyand
Creator: Claude Amyand Reference number: CLP/12ii/69
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Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 19, copies of papers communicated 1734-1736
1734-1736 Reference number: RBO/19
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Dates: 1661 - 1739
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