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RefNoAP/1/9
Previous numbersAP.1.9
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished paper, 'Principium id, quem etherem, spiritum; ignem aereum, in corpore vero vaporem expansilem animalem, principium animale aut vitale mechanicum nominamus, quotuplici statu in corpore et sanguine dominetur' [That principle, which is ether, spirit; air fire, but in the body we call the expansive animal vapor, the animal or mechanical vital principle, which dominates the multifold state in the body and the blood] by unknown author
Date[early 19th century]
DescriptionThe author discusses the movement and effect of air and expansive vapours within the blood and the body overall in animals and humans. The author provides a series of hypotheses and arguments on this topic in succession.

Subject: Physiology
LanguageLatin
Extent18p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
Digital imagesView item on Science in the Making
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialHandwriting and format the same as AP/1/8, possibly same author?
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