Wrote Letter L-459 of 1707-10-18 to the members of the Royal Society about the fur on his own tongue after an attack of fever, the fur of a thrush patient, and a theory about the origin of tongue fur

Date: 
October 18, 1707
Standard reference information
L-number: 
L-459
Leeuwenhoek's number: 
174
Collected Letters number: 
272
Collected Letters volume: 
16

Signed autograph letter.

The manuscript is to be found in London, Royal Society, MS 2065, Early Letters L.4.14

18 quarto pages

A contemporary English translation of a part of the letter is to be found in manuscript in London, Royal Society, MS 2066, Early Letters L.4.15; 4 folios.