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RefNoAP/13/12
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished paper, 'On the limits of the pulse in the arteries of the human body' by Lacon Wm [William] Lambe
Date[1828]
DescriptionLambe attempts to ascertain through experimentation the limits of the pulse by considering the power expended by the heart before the motion of the blood within the body becomes uniform.

On verso of covering page is a short commentary in graphite by Thomas Young on the contents of Lambe's paper. Annotations and corrections appear throughout in graphite and ink.

Subject: Physiology

Communicated by Dr [Peter Mark] Roget.
Extent24p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6616Roget; Peter Mark (1779 - 1869); physician and philologist1779 - 1869
NA7947Young; Thomas (1773 - 1829); physician, physicist and Egyptologist1773 - 1829
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