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Letter, from unknown to Robert Boyle, dated at Danzig (Gdansk)

Reference number: EL/S1/103

Date: 18 August 1668

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Concerning blood-transfusion experiments carried out by Smith on people who had smallpox

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EL/S1/103
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18 August 1668
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1 page
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Manuscript
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Letter, from unknown to Robert Boyle, dated at Danzig (Gdansk), 18 August 1668, EL/S1/103, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_s1_103/letter-from-unknown-to-robert-boyle-dated-at-danzig-gdansk, accessed on 16 November 2025

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