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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
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Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Edmond King

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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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