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Christopher Birbeck ( - 1717)

Surgeon. Probably the Christopher Birbeck who trained and bequeathed his practice to the antiquarian Francis Drake (1696–1771). Relevant locations: Residence at York, Yorkshire
 Relationships: Christopher Birbeck was a donor to Ralph Thoresby (1658-1725)

 Linked print sources: as Author (in assoc. with a ms or print source) - An account of a woman, who voided the greatest part of a fœtus by the navel.
as Donator of object(s) - Ducatus Leodiensis; or the topography of the town and parish of Leedes and parts adjacent ...
 References in Documents:
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713)

The Ribs, Vertebræ, Skull, (the largeness whereof is observable) and other Bones of a Humane Foetus, extracted from the Navel of a poor Woman at Coxwold, An. 1701. By Mr. Birbeck of Yorke, who presented them to me. An Account of this remarkable Case and Cure is already published. (b)(b) Phil. Trans. N° 275. Paper stain'd to a perfect Claret Colour, by the Urine of Capt. Croft of Leedes. The fatal Stick cut out of the Body of Edmund Preston of Leedes, the noted Butcher, thought to be the best Footman in England; he died of the Wound he received by it in skipping over a Hedge after some strayed Sheep, An. 1700. A Shred of a Man's Skin, extreamly thick, being tanned.