| RefNo | RBO/3/54 |
| AltRefNo | RBO.3.185 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | 'Some Experiments of Transfusion made by Dr [Edmond] King at his own House' |
| Date | 1667 |
| Description | Paper recounting an easier and safer method to carry out blood transfusions between animals by using their veins rather than their arteries.
King provides observations of a blood transfusion between a calf and a sheep, and observations of a dog that was injected with milk with dissolved sugar.
Experiments conducted on 29 March 1667; 4 April 1667; 5 April 1667.
Read to the Royal Society on 18 April 1667, printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 2, no 25, p 449 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 5 sides |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1666.0011 |
| RelatedRecord | CLP/12i/9 |
| RBC/2/93 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8134 | King; Sir; Edmond (1629 - 1709); physician and surgeon | 1629 - 1709 |