Letter, from John Templer to Walter Needham
Reference number: EL/T/42
Date: 08 January 1671
Description
Concerning an experiment to breed insects inside a bladder; that air was necessary for fermentation; concerning a man who suffered from 'hydrops pectoris'; concerning experiment to shrink a dog by giving it brandy but the dog now has rickets and about another a dog who developed asthma after being given brandy every day by its owner
Read to the Royal Society on 29 February 1671
- Reference number
- EL/T/42
- Earliest possible date
- 08 January 1671
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Templer
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John Templer, Letter, from John Templer to Walter Needham, 08 January 1671, EL/T/42, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_t_42/letter-from-john-templer-to-walter-needham, accessed on 21 March 2025
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Walter Needham
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