| Reference number | EL/N1/28 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Walter Needham to Henry Oldenburg |
| Creator | Needham; Walter (1632-1691); physician and anatomist |
| Date | 10 March 1667 |
| Description | Exploring the nature of respiration and discussing Hooke's experiment of blowing air into animals' lungs with bellows; also about inflating the collapsed lungs of the foetus
Read to the Royal Society on 23 April 1668 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 6p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | Transcribed in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 4, p 237 |
| URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/5f32c67c-7c70-4d85-aefb-c814f02ffd1b |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |
| NA4965 | Needham; Walter (? 1631 - 1691); physician and anatomist | ? 1631 - 1691 |