| RefNo | CLP/12i/16 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'Account of the experiment of transfusion, made by Dr Lower and Dr King, upon Arthur Coga' by Dr [Edmond] King |
| Date | [1667] |
| Description | King 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. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1666.0053
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 2, no 30, p 557 |
| RelatedRecord | RBO/3/66 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6102 | Lower; Richard (1631 - 1691); physician and physiologist | 1631 - 1691 |
| NA8134 | King; Sir; Edmond (1629 - 1709); physician and surgeon | 1629 - 1709 |