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Letter, from Johannes Bohr, to Dr Gale

Reference number: EL/B2/34

Date: 15 July 1681

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Autograph letter asking the Royal Society to give its opinion about Clauderian embalming
On the reverse is an observation of a deformed premature baby
Read to Royal Society on 19 October 1681

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EL/B2/34
Earliest possible date
15 July 1681
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript
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Johannes Bohr

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Johannes Bohr, Letter, from Johannes Bohr, to Dr Gale, 15 July 1681, EL/B2/34, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b2_34/letter-from-johannes-bohr-to-dr-gale, accessed on 06 December 2025

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