| RefNo | EC/1916/13 |
| Previous numbers | Cert XIII, 106; A04615 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | MacWilliam, John Alexander: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Description | Date stamp on reverse. |
| Citation | Professor of Physiology in the University of Aberdeen. Distinguished for his knowledge of Physiology, to which he has made many contributions. The following are some of the most important: - 'Some points in the Physiology of the Eel's Heart' (Journ Physiol, 1883); 'On Reflex Cardiac Inhibition in Fishes' (Proc Roy Soc,1884); 'On the Structure and Rhythm of the Heart in Fishes' (Journ Physiol, 1895); 'Ueber das Muskelgerausch' (Central Med Wissensch, 1887); 'Fibrillar Contraction of the Heart' (Journ Physiology, 1887); 'On the Rhythm of the Mammalian Heart' (Proc Roy Soc, 1888); 'On the Influence of Arterial Pressure on the Mammalian Heart' (ibid, 1888); 'An Experimental Investigation of the Action of Chloroform and Ether' (Brit Med Journ, 1890); 'A New Test for Albumin and other Proteids' (Proc Roy Soc, 1891); 'On the Influence exercised by the Central Nervous System on the Cardiac Rhythm, with an Enquiry into the Action of Chloroform on that Rhythm' (ibid, 1893); 'Rigor mortis in the Heart and the State of the Cardiac Cavities after Death' (Journ of Physiol, 1901); 'Observations on the Rate of Vibration in Ankle-clonus' (Brit Med Journ, 1901); 'On the Properties of Arterial and Venous Walls' (Proc Roy Soc, 1902); 'Sections of Human Arterials' (with A H Mackie) (Journ Physiol, 1906); 'The Estimation of Systolic Blood-pressure in Man, with special reference to the Influence of the Arterial Wall' (with J E Kesson) (Heart 1913); 'The Estimation of Diastolic Blood-pressure in Man' (with G S Melvin) (ibid, 1914); 'Blood-pressure Estimation by the Auditory Method' (with G S Melvin and J R Murray) (Proc Physiol Soc, 1914). |
| Proposers | David Ferrier; Edward A Schafer; J G McKendrick; J N Langley; C S Sherrington; J Barcroft; E H Starling; W D Halliburton; F W Mott; T G Brodie; J T Cash; L Hill; W Bulloch; A Keith; J W H Trail; C Niven; H M Macdonald; F R Japp |
| Format | Citation typed, in purple ink |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA1712 | MacWilliam; John Alexander (1857 - 1937) | 1857 - 1937 |