Paper, 'Account of the experiment of transfusion, made by Dr Lower and Dr King, upon Arthur Coga' by Dr [Edmond] King
Reference number: CLP/12i/16
Date: 1667
Description
King recounts a blood transfusion experiment from a sheep to a man. The man survived, but it is unclear whether the sheep did as well.
Subject: Medicine
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of the experiment of transfusion, practised upon a man in London'.
Experiment carried out on 23 November 1667. Paper read to the Royal Society on 5 December 1667.
- Reference number
- CLP/12i/16
- Earliest possible date
- 1667
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Edmond King, Paper, 'Account of the experiment of transfusion, made by Dr Lower and Dr King, upon Arthur Coga' by Dr [Edmond] King, 1667, CLP/12i/16, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_12i_16/paper-account-of-the-experiment-of-transfusion-made-by-dr-lower-and-dr-king-upon-arthur-coga-by-dr-edmond-king, accessed on 10 December 2025
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An account of the experiment of transfusion, practised upon a man in London External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 30th December 1666
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1666.0053
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