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RefNoAP/54/12
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished paper, 'On the physical nature of the coagulation of the blood' by Alfred Hutchinson Smee
Date1872
DescriptionAfter passing in review the principal opinions hitherto entertained on the real nature of the coagulation of the blood, Smee states that he is led to refer the solidification of fibrin in the process of coagulation to the same class of phenomena as the pectisation of colloid liquids, as already hinted by the late Professor Graham and others. He describes in detail the chief circumstances which influence the change in colloidal fluids, and proceeds to compare the properties of colloid silica with an organic body of the nature of fibrin.

Annotations in pencil throughout.

Subject: Physiology

Received 27 May 1872. Read 20 June 1872.

Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 20 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the physical nature of the coagulation of the blood'.

A version of this paper was published by Smee in the Journal of Anatomy and Physiology [later Journal of Anatomy]: Smee, Alfred Hutchinson. 'On the Physical Nature of the Coagulation of the Blood.' The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology , volume 7, number 2 (1873), pp. 210-218.
Extent33p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1871.0086
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CodePersonNameDates
NA3389Smee; Alfred (1818 - 1877)1818 - 1877
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