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Letter, from H Samson to Mr [Edmund] King

Reference number: EL/S1/40

Date: 13 January 1668

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Wishes to know what progress has been made in blood transfusion experiments; details of a new born baby which was deformed; details of the dissection of a woman who suffered from dropsy

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EL/S1/40
Earliest possible date
13 January 1668
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, from H Samson to Mr [Edmund] King, 13 January 1668, EL/S1/40, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_s1_40/letter-from-h-samson-to-mr-edmund-king, accessed on 08 February 2025

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    Dates: 1613-1740

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