RefNo | AP/13/21 |
Level | Item |
Title | Unpublished paper, 'The Bakerian Lecture. Researches to discover the faculties of pulmonary absorption with respect to charcoal' by George Pearson |
Date | [1827] |
Description | Pearson writes on the phenomenon of parts of the lungs appearing black in individuals, both healthy and unhealthy, from the age of 20 onwards. He posits that this is caused by the lungs absorbing charcoal over time. Minor corrections appear in ink.
Subject: Physiology
Read to the Royal Society on 20 December 1827. |
Extent | 22p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA5829 | Pearson; George (1751 - 1828) | 1751 - 1828 |