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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

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EL/S1/116
Earliest possible date
05 April 1672
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1 page
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Manuscript

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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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