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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

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
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1735
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10 pages
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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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