Microscopic observations of the intestines of a woman
Date
20 April 1706
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
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Manuscript page number
p9
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 288mm
width (page): 166mm
width (page): 166mm
Subject
Description
Print of etching. Original drawings no longer exist. Letter from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society.
Observations of the intestines of a woman who had been hanged: an account of the various layers and fibres of the colon.
Van Leeuwenhoek writes that he did his observations together with Bidloo, who came to his house in Delft.
Observations of the intestines of a woman who had been hanged: an account of the various layers and fibres of the colon.
Van Leeuwenhoek writes that he did his observations together with Bidloo, who came to his house in Delft.
Object history
22 May 1706, 'A letter was read from Mr Leeuwenhoeck concerning the appearance in the Microscope of the gutts of a woman executed. He was ordered to be thanked' (JBO/11/93).
Printed as:
Figs 1-5 in A. Leeuwenhoek, ‘Microscopical Observations on the Blood Vessels and Membranes of the Intestines’, Phil. Trans., vol. 26, no. 314 (March and April 1708), pp. 53-58.
Printed as:
Figs 1-5 in A. Leeuwenhoek, ‘Microscopical Observations on the Blood Vessels and Membranes of the Intestines’, Phil. Trans., vol. 26, no. 314 (March and April 1708), pp. 53-58.
Related fellows
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632 - 1723, Dutch) , Naturalist
Govard Bidloo (1649 - 1713, Dutch) , Physician
Govard Bidloo (1649 - 1713, Dutch) , Physician
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