| RefNo | CLP/12i/13 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'An account of making a dog draw his breath exactly like a wind broken horse as it was experiments before the R [Royal] Society' by Dr Richard Lower |
| Date | October 1667 |
| Description | Lower believes that the diaphragm is the chief organ of respiration, and to prove this he describes how he breaks the nerves which support the diaphragm in a dog and gives observations of the dog's subsequent breathing.
Subject: Physiology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of making a dogg draw his breath exactly like a wind-broken, horse as it was devised and experimented by Dr. Richard Lower; with some of his instructive observations thereon'.
Experiment was carried out at the Royal Society on 17 October 1667. Paper read 24 October 1667. |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1666.0045
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 2, no 29, p 544 |
| RelatedRecord | RBO/3/60 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6102 | Lower; Richard (1631 - 1691); physician and physiologist | 1631 - 1691 |