| Reference number | EL/T/42 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from John Templer to Walter Needham |
| Creator | Templer; John (fl 1651 - 1678); rector of Braybrooke, Northamptonshire |
| Date | 8 January 1671 |
| Description | Concerning an experiment to breed insects inside a bladder; that air was necessary for fermentation; concerning a man who suffered from 'hydrops pectoris'; concerning experiment to shrink a dog by giving it brandy but the dog now has rickets and about another a dog who developed asthma after being given brandy every day by its owner
Read to the Royal Society on 29 February 1671 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 3p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/49c8cdfc-3a5a-4b79-ad93-14072fa8adab |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA4965 | Needham; Walter (? 1631 - 1691); physician and anatomist | ? 1631 - 1691 |