Extract of a letter, from Robert Clarke to Martin Lister, dated at Lincoln
Reference number: EL/C2/31
Date: 08 November 1697
Description
Concerning the death of a mastiff dog upon hearing a volley of shots from soldiers's rifles
Asking Lister's opinion about a man who has coughed up something (as depicted in figure) and asks what it could be
Lister adds a comment that it might be 'polypus's of the lungs'
Read to the Royal Society on 17 November 1697
- Reference number
- EL/C2/31
- Earliest possible date
- 08 November 1697
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Creator name
Robert Clarke
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Robert Clarke, Extract of a letter, from Robert Clarke to Martin Lister, dated at Lincoln, 08 November 1697, EL/C2/31, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c2_31/extract-of-a-letter-from-robert-clarke-to-martin-lister-dated-at-lincoln, accessed on 14 October 2024
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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Martin Lister
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