Paper, 'An account of the 2nd tryal of transfusion upon man' by Dr [Edmond] King
Reference number: CLP/12i/18
Date: 1667
Description
Account describing the second experimental blood transfusion carried out by King from a sheep's artery into a man's vein in front of an audience.
Subject: Medicine
Experiment carried out on 14 December 1667. Paper read to the Royal Society on 9 January 1668.
- Reference number
- CLP/12i/18
- Earliest possible date
- 1667
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Edmond King, Paper, 'An account of the 2nd tryal of transfusion upon man' by Dr [Edmond] King, 1667, CLP/12i/18, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_12i_18/paper-an-account-of-the-2nd-tryal-of-transfusion-upon-man-by-dr-edmond-king, accessed on 08 February 2026
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