Letter, from Martin Lister to Henry Oldenburg, dated at York
Reference number: EL/L5/53
Date: 21 May 1673
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Observations of insects found in England in 1666 and 1667; anatomical observations and experiments to show the movement of chyle in veins by injecting various liquids in the intestines of animals; wishes to send an improved table of snails
Read to the Royal Society on 28 May 1673
Transcription in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 9, p 658
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 8, no 95, p 6060
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Martin Lister, Martin Lister, Letter, from Martin Lister to Henry Oldenburg, dated at York, 21 May 1673, EL/L5/53, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l5_53/letter-from-martin-lister-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-york, accessed on 24 January 2026
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A letter of Mr Lister dated May 21. 1673. in York, partly taking notice of the foregoing intimations, partly communicating some anatomical observations and experiments concerning the unalterable character of the whiteness of the chyle within the lacteous veins; together with divers particulars observed in the guts, expecially several sorts of worms found in them. External link, opens in new tab.
Author: Martin Lister
Date: 23rd June 1673
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1673.0026
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