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Letter, from Jean Baptiste Denis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris

Reference number: EL/D1/5

Date: 01 May 1673

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Concerns staunching blood in the arteries and the finding of a new liquid which could stop the bleeding without the need to bind the wound

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EL/D1/5
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01 May 1673
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Jean-Baptiste Denis

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Jean-Baptiste Denis, Letter, from Jean Baptiste Denis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris, 01 May 1673, EL/D1/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_d1_5/letter-from-jean-baptiste-denis-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-paris, accessed on 16 April 2026

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