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RefNoAP/37/17
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'On the disintegration of urinary calculi by the lateral disruptive force of the electrical discharge' by George [Frederick Samuel] Robinson
Date1854
DescriptionRobinson describes an experiment in which two parallel wires are separated at their extremities and connected with an electrical machine or Leyden jar. Bringing their ends in contact with the surface of a calculus, and then allowing a series of moderate discharges to take place between the extremities of the wires, Robinson describes how a disintegrating effect would be produced upon urinary calculi of the same nature as that witnessed in glass and quartz. He describes further experiments, designed to simulate the application of electrical discharge to urinary calculi. Annotations in ink throughout.

Subject: Medicine / Electricity

Received 13 June 1854. Read 15 June 1854. Communicated by Dr [William] Sharpey.

This paper was published in full in volume 7 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the disintegration of urinary calculi by the lateral disruptive force of the electrical discharge'.
Extent6p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1854.0023
RelatedRecordRR/2/119
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CodePersonNameDates
NA7273Sharpey; William (1802 - 1880)1802 - 1880
NA4003Robinson; George Frederick Samuel (1827 - 1909); 1st Marquess of Ripon1827 - 1909
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