| Reference number | AP/54/11 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Unpublished paper, 'On the mechanical conditions of the respiratory movements in man' by Arthur Ransome |
| Date | 1872 |
| Description | Ransome suggests that owing to the shape and mode of articulation of the ribs, the movements of any point on either side of the sternum may take place in three planes at right angles to one another, and need each to be recorded separately; and, owing to the variations in healthy breathing, it is further important that all these movements should be measured during one act of breathing. The stethometer used in the following inquiry accomplishes all these tasks, and measures simultaneously the three dimensions of movement of any point on the wall of the chest.
Annotations in pencil throughout. Marked on front as 'Archives Dec 1873'.
Subject: Physiology / Geometry
Received 22 June 1872. Read 21 November 1872. Communicated by John Scott Burdon-Sanderson.
Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 21 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the mechanical conditions of the respiratory movements in man'.
A version of this paper was published by Ransome in the Medico-Chirurgical Transactions: Ransome, Arthur. 'On the Respiratory Movements in Man, with an account of a new Instrument for Measuring the movements of the Chest.' The Medico-Chirurgical Transactions, volume 56 (1873), pp. 61-102. |
| Extent | 74p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink and graphite pencil on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1177/095952877305600105 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1872.0004 |
| Related records in the catalogue | RR/7/272 |
| RR/7/273 |
| RR/7/274 |
| AP/55/15 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA6672 | Ransome; Arthur (1834 - 1922) | 1834 - 1922 |
| NA8280 | Burdon-Sanderson; Sir; John Scott (1828 - 1905) | 1828 - 1905 |