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Original letter dated 23 November 1737 at London
Details of woman's symptoms before she died; details of dissection of the kidneys
Witnesses were Claud Amyand, Daniel Cabrol, Edward Woods
Read to the Royal Society on 24 November 1737

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RBO/21/4
Earliest possible date
1737
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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'An Account of two morbid Kidneys of a monstrous Size found in a Woman: together with her Case by Mr Serjeant Amyand', 1737, RBO/21/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_21_4/an-account-of-two-morbid-kidneys-of-a-monstrous-size-found-in-a-woman-together-with-her-case-by-mr-serjeant-amyand, accessed on 15 June 2026

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