A tumorous uterus
Date
13 May 1693
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p7
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (page): 187mm
width (page): 237mm
width (page): 237mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Etching of a mass of flesh weighing 42 livres and a quarter, found in the belly of a 25-year-old woman. This accompanied the paper in Journal des sçavans (13 May 1693) by Bernard Connor (c. 1666-1698), an Irish physician trained in France who served the Polish nobility and Princess Teresa Kunegunda Sobieska.
Transcription
Description curieuse et physique d'une masse de chair pesant quarante-deux livres et un quart, trouvée dans le ventre d'une femme qui l'avoit portée pendant vint-cinq ans. Par M. D. Connor, Docteur en Medecine, & Anatomiste.
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
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