| RefNo | AP/15/29 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Unpublished paper, 'A physiological inquiry into the uses of the thymus gland' by John Tuson |
| Date | 30 May 1832 |
| Description | Tuson describes his investigations of the thymus gland, determining that its purpose is to function as a blood receptacle during respiration as well as a receptacle for 'osseus' matter prior to ossification during the early stages of growth. John George Children's initials appear below the date received.
Subject: Physiology
Written by Tuson at Russell Place [London]. Communicated by J C [Joseph Constantine] Carpue. Received by the Royal Society on 31 May 1832.
Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 3 of Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society] as 'A physiological inquiry into the uses of the thymus gland'. |
| Extent | 8p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1830.0077 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7463 | Carpue; Joseph Constantine (1764 - 1846) | 1764 - 1846 |