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Paper, regarding a chemical analysis of urine of a healthy man by Dr [Frederick] Slare

Reference number: CLP/11i/24

Date: 1683

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Paper regarding an analysis made of a man's urine after he had drunk a considerable amount of wine and other strong drinks to determine whether any wine was present in his urine. The urine was distilled over a flame to obtain volatile salt and two types of oil.

Subject: Chemistry / Physiology

Read to the Royal Society on 9 May 1683.

Reference number
CLP/11i/24
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1683
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Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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Frederick Slare

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Frederick Slare, Paper, regarding a chemical analysis of urine of a healthy man by Dr [Frederick] Slare, 1683, CLP/11i/24, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_11i_24/paper-regarding-a-chemical-analysis-of-urine-of-a-healthy-man-by-dr-frederick-slare, accessed on 24 June 2025

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