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Reference numberAP/51/1/1
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished manuscript, 'On the structure of the cerebral hemispheres' by W H [William Henry] Broadbent
DescriptionBroadbent shares an investigation in which he aims to ascertain minutely the course of the fibres by which the convolutions of the hemisphere are connected with each other and with the cerebral crus and central ganglia, and to ascertain whether there is a constant similarity between the corresponding sides of different brains as compared with the opposite sides of the same brain.

Annotations in ink throughout. Preceded by four figures of the brain.

Subject: Neuroscience / Physiology

Received and read 17 June 1869. Communicated by F [Francis] Sibson.

Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 18 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the structure of the cerebral hemispheres'.
Extent90p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1869.0018
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA1510Broadbent; Sir; William Henry (1835 - 1907)1835 - 1907
NA6240Sibson; Francis (1814 - 1876)1814 - 1876
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