Letter, from John Beale to Robert Boyle, dated at Yeovil, Somerset
Reference number: EL/OB/120
Date: 31 March 1666
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Concerning 'transanimation' or 'the life or soule is in the blood'; blood transfusion of a young person into an old person; case of an 80-year-old man who married a young woman, had children by her, and then felt healthier than before marriage; observations of baroscopes and scales and thermometers; concerning weight of air for a healthy person
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- EL/OB/120
- Earliest possible date
- 31 March 1666
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Beale, Letter, from John Beale to Robert Boyle, dated at Yeovil, Somerset, 31 March 1666, EL/OB/120, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_ob_120/letter-from-john-beale-to-robert-boyle-dated-at-yeovil-somerset, accessed on 05 October 2024
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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Robert Boyle
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John Beale
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