Diseased human thorax
Date
25 April 1667
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p21a
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 313mm
width (page): 195mm
width (page): 195mm
Subject
Content object
Description
The small ink drawing is stuck to the page and was most likely taken out of the original letter to Henry Oldenburg, dated 25 April 1667 by Nathaniel Fairfax (1637-1690). Fairfax described the dissection of one Margaret Girling of Rumborough, whose thorax was filled with a liquor like cream in a membraneous bag that occupied half of the thorax.
Related fellows
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Associated place