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

Reference number: EL/S1/120

Date: 24 January 1673

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States that the human specimens sent to the Society should be brushed with turpentine to prevent mould; observations of the lungs made from dissections of animals; observations of the horn-nosed beetle

Read to the Royal Society on 24 January 1673

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EL/S1/120
Earliest possible date
24 January 1673
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2 pages
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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, 24 January 1673, EL/S1/120, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_s1_120/letter-from-jan-swammerdam-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-amsterdam, accessed on 08 March 2026

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