Letter, from Claude Nicholas le Cat to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Paris
Reference number: EL/C3/11
Date: 01 September 1738
Description
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
- Earliest possible date
- 01 September 1738
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- 1 page
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- Manuscript
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Claude Nicholas Le Cat, 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 12 August 2026
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Cromwell Mortimer
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Claude Nicholas Le Cat
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