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Reference numberCLP/12i/16
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'Account of the experiment of transfusion, made by Dr Lower and Dr King, upon Arthur Coga' by Dr [Edmond] King
Date[1667]
DescriptionKing recounts a blood transfusion experiment from a sheep to a man. The man survived, but it is unclear whether the sheep did as well.

Subject: Medicine

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of the experiment of transfusion, practised upon a man in London'.

Experiment carried out on 23 November 1667. Paper read to the Royal Society on 5 December 1667.
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionInk on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1666.0053
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 2, no 30, p 557
Related records in the catalogueRBO/3/66
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA6102Lower; Richard (1631 - 1691); physician and physiologist1631 - 1691
NA8134King; Sir; Edmond (1629 - 1709); physician and surgeon1629 - 1709
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