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Letter, from Monsieur [Pierre] Boreel [Borel] to William Brouncker, dated at London

Reference number: EL/B1/105

Date: 27 January 1665

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Autograph letter concerning the successful operation performed by Monsieur Suif on the lungs of Monsieur de Botaquet who had been injured in a duel at Delft in Holland
Read to the Royal Society on 15 February 1664

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EL/B1/105
Earliest possible date
27 January 1665
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3 pages
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Manuscript
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Letter, from Monsieur [Pierre] Boreel [Borel] to William Brouncker, dated at London, 27 January 1665, EL/B1/105, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b1_105/letter-from-monsieur-pierre-boreel-borel-to-william-brouncker-dated-at-london, accessed on 08 September 2024

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