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RefNoAP/12/16/2
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TitleUnpublished letter, 'Microscopical observations on the muscular fibres of the elephant' from Herbert Mayo to Sir Everard Home
Date[1826]
DescriptionMayo repeats the same microscopic observations on muscular fibres of an elephant killed at Exeter Change [Exeter Exchange, London] as those undertaken by Home on the human body. Followed by a postscript on the nervous filaments by Home.

Subject: Zoology / Physiology

Received by the Royal Society on 3 April 1826.
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordAP/12/16
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