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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
Earliest possible date
10 February 1673
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Henry Oldenburg

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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 04 December 2023

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