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RefNoAP/51/1
LevelFile
TitleUnpublished paper, 'On the structure of the cerebral hemispheres' by W H [William Henry] Broadbent
Date1869
DescriptionBroadbent shares an investigation in which he aims to ascertain minutely the course of the fibres by which the convolutions of the hemisphere are connected with each other and with the cerebral crus and central ganglia, and to ascertain whether there is a constant similarity between the corresponding sides of different brains as compared with the opposite sides of the same brain.

Annotations in ink throughout. Preceded by four figures of the brain.

Subject: Neuroscience / Physiology

Received and read 17 June 1869. Communicated by F [Francis] Sibson.

Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 18 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the structure of the cerebral hemispheres'.
Extent96p
FormatDrawing
Manuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1869.0018
RelatedRecordRR/6/28
RR/6/29
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6240Sibson; Francis (1814 - 1876)1814 - 1876
NA1510Broadbent; Sir; William Henry (1835 - 1907)1835 - 1907
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