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Van Leeuwenhoek had found what he coined animalcules (Latin for “little animals”) in everything. He found them in the bellies of other animals, his food, his own mouth, and other people’s mouths. 4/11 https://t.co/GIIc6uJKZu — PolitiTweet.org

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He reported his findings to London’s Royal Society, and two years later followed up with an update. This update would make him a scientific legend. It was so extraordinary that microbiologists refer to it simply as “Letter 18.” 3/11 — PolitiTweet.org

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After one fatty meal, he examined his own stool and saw animalcules “somewhat longer than broad, and their belly, which was flat-like, furnished with sundry little paws”— now known as the parasite giardia. 5/11 — PolitiTweet.org

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