| RefNo | AP/33/3/1 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Unpublished manuscript, 'An experimental inquiry undertaken with the view of ascertaining whether any and what signs of current force are manipulated during the organic process of nutrition (assimilation) in living animals - part III' by Henry Foster Baxter |
| Creator | Baxter; Henry Foster (fl 1848-1860); Member of the Royal College of Surgeons |
| Date | 1852 |
| Description | After relating the conclusions arrived at by [Carlo] Matteucci in reference to the origin of the muscular current, Baxter aims to obtain more direct evidence by forming a circuit between the muscular tissue and the venous blood. He provides details of several experiments. the results of his experiments show the tissue and the venous blood to be in opposite electric states, tending to confirm the inferences of Matteucci.
Subject: Biology
Received 29 October 1852. Read 25 November 1852. Communicated by William Wood.
Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 6 of Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society] as 'An experimental inquiry undertaken with the view of ascertaining whether any, and what signs of current force are manifested during the organic process of assimilation in the muscular and the nervous tissues in living animals.—Part III'. |
| Extent | 13p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| AccessConditions | Not available to view, off site for conservation. Please refer to digital surrogate on Science in the Making. |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1850.0085 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA3280 | Wood; William (1774 - 1857) | 1774 - 1857 |