Letter, from James Theodorus Klein to Hans Sloane, dated at Danzig (Gdansk)
Reference number: EL/K/36
Date: 04 July 1730
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Discussing the skull of an ox with sockets for the horns; concerning a woman with a 'plica Polonica' (a disease where the hair becomes twisted and matted. Originated in Poland hence 'Polish plait'); concerning a man with a tumour on the eye
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- EL/K/36
- Earliest possible date
- 04 July 1730
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- 5 pages
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Jacobus Theodorus Klein, James Theodorus Klein, Letter, from James Theodorus Klein to Hans Sloane, dated at Danzig (Gdansk), 04 July 1730, EL/K/36, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_k_36/letter-from-james-theodorus-klein-to-hans-sloane-dated-at-danzig-gdansk, accessed on 17 July 2026
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