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

Reference number: EL/S1/118

Date: 01 January 1674

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Concerning an unusual rupture in the mesentery

Read to the Royal Society on 19 November 1674

Reference number
EL/S1/118
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01 January 1674
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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, 01 January 1674, EL/S1/118, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_s1_118/letter-from-jan-swammerdam-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-amsterdam, accessed on 03 December 2024

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