Boy with deformed arms
Date
14 December 1708
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Manuscript page number
p7
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 328mm
width (page): 207mm
width (page): 207mm
Subject
Content object
Description
A figure in letter from William Wyatt, a surgeon, to Dr Henry Pumptre FRS, describing a baby boy with deformed arms and ruptures at his naval. The letter was read at the meeting of the Royal Society on 12 January 1709.
Object history
12 January 1709, 'There was read a Letter to Dr Plumbtree from Mr Wyatt a surgeon concerning a monstrous Male Child born at Plymouth a year since & now living. Dr Plumtree was thanked' (JBO/11/158).
Related fellows
Henry Plumptre (1680 - 1746) , Physician
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