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Extract of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Lambert van Velthuysen, dated at Delft

Reference number: EL/L1/44

Date: 11 July 1679

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Extract by Leeuwenhoek of his letter which he sent with Letter EL/L1/45 to Robert Hooke. Observations of people with gout in their finger joints, and about a certain man who tried Moxa (Chinese remedy for gout) to relieve the symptoms of gout; observations of bladder-stones
Original letter is in the Delft City Archives
Partial translation in English see EL/L1/43
Transcribed and translated in 'Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek', edited, illustrated and annotated by Committee of Dutch Scientists , vol 3, p 85

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EL/L1/44
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11 July 1679
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Extract of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Lambert van Velthuysen, dated at Delft, 11 July 1679, EL/L1/44, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l1_44/extract-of-a-letter-from-antoni-van-leeuwenhoek-to-lambert-van-velthuysen-dated-at-delft, accessed on 15 February 2025

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