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Sends second part of 'Cosmologia generalis'; account of a post-mortem of a man who died from a stone falling on his stomach, with particular details about his ruptured intestine
Read to the Royal Society on 28 October 1731

Reference number
EL/W4/6
Earliest possible date
03 March 1731
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Christian Wolff

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Christian von Wolff

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Christian Wolff, Christian von Wolff, Letter, from Christian Wolff to William Rutty, 03 March 1731, EL/W4/6, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w4_6/letter-from-christian-wolff-to-william-rutty, accessed on 11 February 2026

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  • Early Letters

    The archival collection known as 'Early Letters' is composed of original manuscript letters sent to, or collected by, the Royal Society from English and foreign correspondents.

    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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