Paper, regarding why mercury is bad for the lungs by [Allen] Moulin
Reference number: CLP/14i/34
Date: 1688
Description
Moulin describes details of experiments involving injecting mercury into the blood of dogs, and its subsequent ill effects on the lungs and body.
Subject: Medicine
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of an experiment of the injection of Mercury into the Blood, and its ill effects on the lungs; as it was communicated to the Royal Society by their late worthy member A. Moulin, M. D'.
Read to the Royal Society on 4 April 1688.
- Reference number
- CLP/14i/34
- Earliest possible date
- 1688
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
Use this record
Export this record
Citation
Allen Moulin, Paper, regarding why mercury is bad for the lungs by [Allen] Moulin, 1688, CLP/14i/34, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_14i_34/paper-regarding-why-mercury-is-bad-for-the-lungs-by-allen-moulin, accessed on 18 July 2026
Link to this record
https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_14i_34/paper-regarding-why-mercury-is-bad-for-the-lungs-by-allen-moulin
Embed this record
<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/clp_14i_34/paper-regarding-why-mercury-is-bad-for-the-lungs-by-allen-moulin" title="Paper, regarding why mercury is bad for the lungs by [Allen] Moulin" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>
Related Publications
-
An account of an experiment of the injection of Mercury into the Blood, and its ill effects on the lungs; as it was communicated to the Royal Society by their late worthy member A. Moulin, M. D External link, opens in new tab.
Author: Allen Moulin
Date: 1st February 1691
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1686.0087
Hierarchy
This item is part of:
Related Fellows
-
Allen Moulin
Author
Explore the collection
-
Classified Papers
The 'Classified Papers' of the Royal Society are papers from British and international natural philosophers and scholars categorised according to subject areas.
Dates: 1592 - 1741
View collection