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'A comparative Anatomy of the Umbilical Parts in Man and Brutes [sic], which serve for stopping the Haemorrhage thro' the Navel Vessels...' by Claude Amyand

Reference number: RBO/21/30

Date: 1738

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'...and shutting the Abdominal Opening the Muscles at the Birth, with Directions for making the Ligature upon the Navel String, and disposing it in such manner, whilst 'tis separating and of the Part after 'tis dropp'd off, as effectually to prevent the Navel Ruptures, to which Men are more subject than Brutes from the neglect of such Rules'
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Read to the Royal Society on 15 June 1738

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RBO/21/30
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1738
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35 pages
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'A comparative Anatomy of the Umbilical Parts in Man and Brutes [sic], which serve for stopping the Haemorrhage thro' the Navel Vessels...' by Claude Amyand, 1738, RBO/21/30, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_21_30/a-comparative-anatomy-of-the-umbilical-parts-in-man-and-brutes-sic-which-serve-for-stopping-the-haemorrhage-thro-the-navel-vessels-by-claude-amyand, accessed on 10 July 2026

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