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RefNoPP/7/18/2
Previous numbersPP/39/23
LevelItem
TitleDiagrams, tracings relating to 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
DescriptionFive tracings showing the results of the excitation of the extensor longus digitorum of the forearm of a dog and the subadjacent corona radiata and a voluntary contraction of the opponens pollicis in man.

Subject: Physiology / Neuroscience

These diagrams were published in volume 39 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society alongside the paper 'Experimental researches in cerebral physiology. II. On the muscular contractions which are evoked by excitation of the motor tract'.
Extent4p
FormatDiagram
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1885.0029
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8017Sharpey-Schafer; Sir; Edward Albert (1850 - 1935)1850 - 1935
NA6838Horsley; Sir; Victor Alexander Haden (1857 - 1916)1857 - 1916
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