Letter 38 Figures

Letter 38 Figure 1:
Little animals from frog testicles.
Dierkens uijt de testicullen van de kikvors.

Letter 38 Figure 2:
Ovals of blood of frogs.
Ovaaltge bloet vande kikvors.

Letter 38 Figure 3:
Living animals in excrement of frogs.
Levende dierkens in drek van kikvorssen.

Letter 38 Figure 4:
Shrinkings in muscle fiber of the frog.
Inkrimpingen in de vlees-muskel van de kikvors.

Letter 38 Figure 5:
Circular wrinkles in a flesh-fiber of a frog.
De krings gewijse rimpels in een vleesdraatge van de kikvors.

Letter 38 of July 16, 1683 Figure 1 | Arcana Naturae Microscopiorum

Little animals, moving and dead, both from the testicles and from the carrying-away seed vessels of the frog.

Dierkens, beweegde en doot, uijt de testicullen als afdragende zaad-vaten van de kikvors.

The scientists who edited the early volumes of Alle de Brieven / Collected Letters translated as afdragende zaad-vaten as "deferent ducts".

Origin of specimen:

Delft, "in a road"

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