| RefNo | AP/7/5 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Unpublished paper, 'The Croonian Lecture for 1807. On the natural history and chemical analysis of the substances, which constitute the muscles of animals' by Anthony Carlisle |
| Date | [1807] |
| Description | Carlisle writes about the vegetable and mineral materials that act as food for animals and affect muscular motion, as well as the factors which impact the motions of involuntary muslces. Whilst this was delivered as the Croonian Lecture, the Croonian Lecture for this year was not published. Minor corrections and deletions appear in ink and graphite throughout.
Subject: Physiology
The Croonian Medal and Lecture is the Royal Society's premier lecture in the biological sciences. The lectureship was conceived by William Croone, one of the original Fellows of the Society. Among the papers left on his death in 1684 were plans to endow two lectureships, one at the Royal Society and the other at the Royal College of Physicians. His widow later bequeathed the means to carry out the scheme. The lecture series began in 1738. |
| Extent | 11p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7428 | Carlisle; Sir; Anthony (1768 - 1842) | 1768 - 1842 |