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'Account of a great number of Steatomas taken from the head (as well as many yet remaining) of Sarah Cotterell living with Mrs Desbord near the Church at Chelsea' by J Stevens

Reference number: RBO/19/63

Date: 1736

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The woman had over 30 tumours on her head, some the size of pigeons' eggs - some were removed
Read to the Royal Society on 13 May 1736

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RBO/19/63
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1736
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'Account of a great number of Steatomas taken from the head (as well as many yet remaining) of Sarah Cotterell living with Mrs Desbord near the Church at Chelsea' by J Stevens, 1736, RBO/19/63, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_19_63/account-of-a-great-number-of-steatomas-taken-from-the-head-as-well-as-many-yet-remaining-of-sarah-cotterell-living-with-mrs-desbord-near-the-church-at-chelsea-by-j-stevens, accessed on 13 October 2026

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