Letter, from Nathaniel Fairfax to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Woodbridge
Reference number: EL/F1/18
Date: 18 September 1668
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Observations of a woman who swallowed two bullets, which were made for the light hand fireman 'caliver', in order to help her bowel movements, and was then given 'Holland's powder' and voided one of the bullets in her urine
Partially printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 3, no 40, p 803
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- EL/F1/18
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- 18 September 1668
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- 2 pages
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Nathaniel Fairfax, Letter, from Nathaniel Fairfax to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Woodbridge, 18 September 1668, EL/F1/18, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_f1_18/letter-from-nathaniel-fairfax-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-woodbridge, accessed on 22 January 2026
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An extract of a letter, written by Dr. Nathan. Fairfax to the publisher, about a bullet voided by urine External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1668
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1668.0049
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