| RefNo | CLP/12ii/24 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Paper, 'An enquiry into a discovery said to have been made by Signor Valsalva of Bologna, of an excretory duct from the glandula renalis to the epididymis' by John Ranby |
| Date | [1725] |
| Description | Ranby details his search for the excretory duct leading from the glandula renalis [adrenal gland], discovered by Anton Maria Valsalva. Ranby is unable to find it and wonders if Valsalva mistook the arteries leading to the glandula renalis for this duct. Engraved figure from Philosophical Transactions and explanation of figure attached.
Subject: Anatomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An enquiry into a discovery, said to have been made by Signor Valsalva of Bologna, of an excretory duct from the glandula renalis to the epididymis'.
Read to the Royal Society on 17 June 1725. |
| Extent | 5p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1724.0054
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 33 (1724), p 270 |
| RelatedRecord | RBO/12/21 |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA3287 | Ranby; John (1703 - 1773) | 1703 - 1773 |