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Letter, from Jan Swammerdam to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Amsterdam

Reference number: EL/S1/117

Date: 21 April 1673

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Observations of the pancreas in fish; observations of Frederik Ruysch's dissection of a human foetus

Read to the Royal Society on 16 April 1673

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EL/S1/117
Earliest possible date
21 April 1673
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

Creator name

Jan Swammerdam

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Jan Swammerdam, Letter, from Jan Swammerdam to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Amsterdam, 21 April 1673, EL/S1/117, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_s1_117/letter-from-jan-swammerdam-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-amsterdam, accessed on 16 May 2025

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    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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