Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Jan Swammerdam, dated at London
Reference number: EL/O2/103
Date: 10 February 1673
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Wishes for more details about the animals that Swammerdam had dissected which were found to be without a pulmonary artery; concerning the dissection of a man who was found with a 'foramen ovale'; discussing Malpighi's work on the anatomy of plants and animals; concerning Boyle's recently published work
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- EL/O2/103
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- 10 February 1673
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- 2 pages
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Henry Oldenburg
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Henry Oldenburg, Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Jan Swammerdam, dated at London, 10 February 1673, EL/O2/103, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o2_103/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-jan-swammerdam-dated-at-london, accessed on 19 July 2025
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