Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Jan Swammerdam, dated at London
Reference number: EL/O2/101
Date: 19 December 1672
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Lists the items of female anatomy and other parts of the human body together with anatomical specimens of a calf, fish, and cock which Swammerdam has prepared for the Society's repository; also states that some items were missing
- Reference number
- EL/O2/101
- Earliest possible date
- 19 December 1672
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg
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Henry Oldenburg, Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Jan Swammerdam, dated at London, 19 December 1672, EL/O2/101, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o2_101/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-jan-swammerdam-dated-at-london, accessed on 10 November 2025
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