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RefNoAP/61/1
LevelFile
TitleUnpublished paper, 'On the action of ammonia and its salts and of hydrocyanic acid upon muscle and nerve' by T [Thomas] Lauder Brunton and [John] Theodore Cash
CreatorCash; John Theodore (1854-1936); British physician
Date1881
DescriptionBrunton and Cash present observations from a series of experiments on the action of ammonia and its salts and of hydrocyanic acid upon muscle and nerve. They share the results of test with ammonia, ammonium chloride, ammonium nitrate, ammonium nitrite and cyanide of ammonium, describing the contraction of muscles and stimulation of nerves.

Annotations in pencil and ink throughout. Marked on front as 'Mar 16/82'. Includes 12 photographs relating to experimental results.

Subject: Physiology / Chemistry

Received 26 May 1881. Read 16 June 1881.

Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 32 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the action of ammonia and its salts, and of hydrocyanic acid upon muscle and nerve'.
Extent25p
FormatManuscript
Photograph
PhysicalDescriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1881.0037
RelatedRecordRR/9/5
RR/8/277
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6432Brunton; Sir; Thomas Lauder (1844 - 1916)1844 - 1916
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