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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

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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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