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0 letters from Walter Needham; 4 letters from John Templer

Walter Needham

Physician and anatomist

Born: 28 December 1632

Died: 16 April 1691

Elected to the Royal Society Fellowship: 20/06/1667

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John Templer

Rector of braybrooke, northamptonshire

Died: 1678

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Observations of a hurricane in Northamptonshire Read to the Royal Society on 30 March 1671

Reference number: EL/T/40

Concerning the breeding of insects in the dried livers of eels; experiment of breeding insects in a cow's bladder which was sealed up Read to the Royal Society on 7 December 1671

Reference number: EL/T/41

Concerning an experiment to breed insects inside a bladder; that air was necessary for fermentation; concerning a man who suffered from 'hydrops pectoris'; concerning experiment to shrink a dog by giving it brandy but the dog now has rickets and about another a dog who developed asthma after being given brandy every day by its owner Read to the Royal Society on 29 February 1671

Reference number: EL/T/42

1673

Concerning a good way to catch carp

Reference number: EL/T/43