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RefNoCLP/12i/26
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TitlePaper, 'A discourse concerning the spiral, instead of the supposed annular, structure of the fibres of the intestines' by Dr Wm [William] Cole
Date[1676]
DescriptionEight points supporting Cole's argument that intestine fibres have a spiral structure rather than the annular structure seen in the fibres of arteries and veins.

Subject: Anatomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A discourse concerning the spiral, instead of the supposed annular structures of the fibres of the instestins; discover'd and shewn by the learn'd and inquisitive Dr. William Cole to the R. Society'.

Read to the Royal Society on 11 May 1676.
Extent8p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1676.0013
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 11 (1676), p 603
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