| Reference number | PP/4/31 |
| Previous numbers | PP/36/31 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'On the structure and functional significance of the human corpus callosum' by D J [David James] Hamilton |
| Date | 1884 |
| Description | Hamilton writes: 'The results have been obtained by a special mode of preparation formerly described by me [...] The fibres in the tip of the frontal lobe run almost directly backwards. A short way behind this they become concentrated in an oval shaped area. This oval shaped area still further back divides into three distinct bundles, and these bundles I have named the tractus internus, tractus medius, and tractus externus.'
Annotations in pencil and ink.
Subject: Neuroscience / Physiology
Received 23 January 1884 / 23 February 1884. Read 28 February 1884. Communicated by [Thomas Henry] Huxley.
A version of this paper was published in volume 36 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the structure and functional significance of the human corpus callosum'. |
| Extent | 5p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink and graphite pencil on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1883.0117 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA3559 | Hamilton; David James (1849 - 1909) | 1849 - 1909 |
| NA8243 | Huxley; Thomas Henry (1825 - 1895) | 1825 - 1895 |