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Referee's report by William Sharpey, on a paper 'History of two cases of hernia of the ovaries, in one of which there was a periodical enlargement of one or other of these organs' by Henry Oldham

Reference number: RR/3/205

Date: 1857

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Recommended for publication in Proceedings. The author has taken advantage of discovering the first of these cases. It is important that his observations should be noted.

Subject: Physiology

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1856].

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RR/3/205
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1857
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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William Sharpey

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William Sharpey, Referee's report by William Sharpey, on a paper 'History of two cases of hernia of the ovaries, in one of which there was a periodical enlargement of one or other of these organs' by Henry Oldham, 1857, RR/3/205, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_3_205/referees-report-by-william-sharpey-on-a-paper-history-of-two-cases-of-hernia-of-the-ovaries-in-one-of-which-there-was-a-periodical-enlargement-of-one-or-other-of-these-organs-by-henry-oldham, accessed on 11 April 2026

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