Letter, from Claude Nicholas le Cat to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Paris
Reference number: EL/C3/11
Date: 01 September 1738
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Le Cat says that he sends his observations of the ' foreman ovale' in an adult's heart, and that he has been observing the circulation of blood in a foetus
Translation of the letter and paper are printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 41, no 460, p 681
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- EL/C3/11
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- 01 September 1738
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Claude Nicholas Le Cat, Letter, from Claude Nicholas le Cat to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Paris, 01 September 1738, EL/C3/11, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c3_11/letter-from-claude-nicholas-le-cat-to-cromwell-mortimer-dated-at-paris, accessed on 18 April 2025
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V. A letter from M. Le Cat, M. D. F. R. S. Surgeon to the hotel dieu at Rouen, and Royal Demonstrator in Anatomy and Surgery, to C. Mortimer, M. D. Secr. R. S. concerning the foramen ovale being found open in the hearts of adults, and of the figure of the canal of the urethra. Translated from the French by T. S. M. D. F. R. S External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1740
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1739.0118
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