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GB-110/JES/COR/10/42
Title
Walter Vaughan, Rochester, Kent, to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London
Letter date
11 Mar 1789
Author(s)
Walter Vaughan 1766-1828
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/10/42 from Walter Vaughan, Rochester, Kent, to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London (11 March 1789)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/10/42 from Walter Vaughan, Rochester, Kent, to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London (11 March 1789) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Vaughan, Walter
Sent from:
Rochester, Kent
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
A case of a woman, Ann Sidley, with functional supernumerary nipples. Encloses the particulars and a drawing, written up by Mr Conquest, a surgeon of Chatham, for possible inclusion in "Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society" [not extant, nor does the account appear to have been published by the Royal Society]. Having examined the woman himself, makes his own observations by comparison to a similar case described in [Thomas] Bartholin's [(1616-1680)] "Anatomia Reformata". The curiosity only discovered when she began breastfeeding. Theorises on formation and connection of the "lactiferous tubes", illustrated with a small diagram.
Letter date:
11 Mar 1789
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
10.68
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Finding Aids | Dawson, W R, (1934). "Catalogue of the manuscripts in the Library of The Linnean Society - Part I. The Smith papers: The correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Sir James Edward Smith", London: Linnean Society. |
| Additional | Smith replied 15 Mar 1789 |
