Wrote Letter L-588 of 1723-08-00 to James Jurin about his spermist view of the generation of animals and palpitations of his diaphragm, his final letter

Date:
August 1, 1723
Standard reference information
L-number:
L-588
Collected Letters volume:
19

This letter was translated into Latin by Johannes Hoogvliet and sent to James Jurin, together with the previous Letter L-587, and the cover Letter L-590, dated September 4, 1723. Because the letters are in Latin, no contemporary translations into English were made. Neither letter by Leeuwenhoek is dated or signed, so Hoogvliet probably made the translations after Leeuwenhoek died. Jurin decided to publish them in the order in which they were read to the Royal Society.

See for Johannes Hoogvliet (1690-1746), Letter L-576 of 13 June 1722, note 11, in this volume.

The Latin title in Philosophical Transactions, "Ejusdem Viri Clarissimi ad Eundem Epistola Posthuma. De Generatione Animalium, & de Palpitatione Diaphragmatis", translates to "Posthumus letter to the same most famous men. The Generation of Animals and the Palpitation of the Diaphragm".

Leeuwenhoek's summary

Leeuwenhoek did not publish any letters after 1718 in book form with his own summaries. The summary below comes from Alle de Brieven / Collected Letters.

In this letter, Leeuwenhoek defended his spermist view of the the generation of animals and discussed the palpitations of his diaphragm.

He used a glass device of his own design to treat this ailment.

Reception in London

The letter was read during the meeting of the Royal Society on 21 November 1723; Royal Society, Journal Book Original, Dl. 13.

Publication history
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