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RefNoAP/58/9
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished paper, 'Physiological action of the bark of Erythrophleum guinense' by T [Thomas] Lauder Brunton and Walter Pye
CreatorPye; Walter
Date1876
DescriptionBrunton and Pye describe some of the effects of Erythrophleum guinense on the body, including: that it diminishes oxidation, and thus prevents fresh vegetable tissues from communicating a blue colour to tincture of guaiac; that it does not hinder the development of the yeast-fungus nor the germination of seeds, and Penicillium grows freely in a solution of it; that a watery solution of the alcoholic extract prevents the development of bacteria, but one of the watery extract does not do so; that it does not destroy the life of bacteria or infusoria, and the motion of cilia is not arrested by it; that it arrests amoeboid movement in leucocyte; that it has no action on fresh muscular fibre, but muscular tissue, when kept in a solution of the alcoholic extract for some days, undergoes extensive fatty metamorphosis, but does not become putrid.

Annotations in pencil and ink throughout. Note on front reads 'Sections taken out before printing see Phil Trans 1877'.

Subject: Botany / Toxicology / Physiology

Read 15 June 1876.

Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 25 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Physiological action of the bark of erythrophleum guinense (casca, cassa, or sassy bark)'.
Extent109p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1876.0040
RelatedRecordRR/7/439
RR/7/440
RR/7/441
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6432Brunton; Sir; Thomas Lauder (1844 - 1916)1844 - 1916
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