Letter, from Jan Swammerdam to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Amsterdam
Reference number: EL/S1/116
Date: 05 April 1672

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Wishes to send specimens of humans to the Society, one of which is of the human uterus, and would like to know which route to take because of the threat of war
Read to the Royal Society on 4 April 1671
- Reference number
- EL/S1/116
- Earliest possible date
- 05 April 1672
- Page extent
- 1 page
- Format
- Manuscript
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Creator name
Jan Swammerdam
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Jan Swammerdam, Letter, from Jan Swammerdam to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Amsterdam, 05 April 1672, EL/S1/116, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_s1_116/letter-from-jan-swammerdam-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-amsterdam, accessed on 16 February 2025
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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