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An essay on Egyptian mummies; with observations on the art of embalming among the ancient Egyptians.

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Phil. Trans., 115, 269-316. Phil. Trans., 115, 269-316., 1825 CE.

Granville was the first to perform a dissection of an Egyptian mummy. He reported histological observations of samples from a twenty-seventh dynasty Egyptian mummy that he dissected, and he illustrated dissected views of an ovarian cyst from that mummy. Digital facsimile from the Royal Society at this link.

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Entry Number#7702
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