We also look after documents related to such notable scientists and engineers as Humphry Davy, Davies Gilbert and Richard Trevithick, as well as an early copy of Richard Lower’s Tractatus de Corde (1671). Lower (1631-1691), who was born in St Tudy, carried out the world’s first direct blood transfusion. Kresen Kernow is also home to a large collection of journals of scientific societies, such as the Royal Institution of Cornwall, Royal Polytechnic Society and the Royal Geological Society.
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