Letter, from Joseph Atwell to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Exeter

Reference number: EL/A/65

Date: 24 July 1734

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Concerning observations of experiments on humans and animals who have been bitten by vipers
These were carried out at Oxford University

Subject: Venoms

Reference number: EL/A/65
Earliest possible date: 24 July 1734
Page extent: 4 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Joseph Atwell

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Joseph Atwell, Letter, from Joseph Atwell to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Exeter, 24 July 1734, EL/A/65, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_a_65/letter-from-joseph-atwell-to-cromwell-mortimer-dated-at-exeter, accessed on 14 May 2025

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VII. A letter from Joseph Atwell, D. D. F. R. S. and principal of Exeter college, Oxford, to Dr. Mortimer, R. S. Secr. Containing some observations on a man and woman bit by vipers External link, opens in new tab.

Date: 31st December 1735

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1735.0081

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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL
Early Letters: A, letters in natural philosophy from correspondents with surname starting 'A'
1664-1736 Reference number: EL/A

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Cromwell Mortimer
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Joseph Atwell
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