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Reference numberPP/7/18
Previous numbersPP/39/23
LevelFile
TitlePaper, 'Experimental researches in cerebral physiology. II. On the muscular contractions which are evoked by excitation of the motor tract' by V A [Victor Alexander Haden] Horsley and E A [Edward Albert Sharpey] Schafer
Date1885
DescriptionThe authors write: 'The following note gives the results of a large number of experi­ments which we have undertaken, in order to determine the character of the muscular contractions which result from excitation of the several parts of the motor tract, especially with reference to the rhythm with which the skeletal muscles respond to such excitation.'

Annotations in pencil and ink. Includes four plates of diagrams of experimental observations.

Subject: Physiology / Neuroscience

Received 1 December 1885. Read 10 December 1885.

A version of this paper was published in volume 39 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Experimental researches in cerebral physiology. II. On the muscular contractions which are evoked by excitation of the motor tract'.
Extent15p
FormatManuscript
Diagram
Physical descriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1885.0029
Related records in the cataloguePP/4/37
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8017Sharpey-Schafer; Sir; Edward Albert (1850 - 1935)1850 - 1935
NA6838Horsley; Sir; Victor Alexander Haden (1857 - 1916)1857 - 1916
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