Reference number | RBC/2/99 |
Alternative reference number | RBC/2/328 |
Level | Item |
Title | 'An Account of making a Dog draw his breath exactly like a Wind-broken horse As it was Experimented before the Royal Society October 17 1667 by Richard Lower |
Date | 1667 |
Description | Believes that the diaphragm is the chief organ of respiration - to prove this Lower describes how he breaks the nerves which support the diaphragm - gives observations of the dog breathing |
Language | English |
Extent | 4 sides |
Format | Manuscript |
Access status | Open |
Related material | Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 2, no 29, p 544 |
Related records in the catalogue | RBO/3/60 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA6102 | Lower; Richard (1631 - 1691); physician and physiologist | 1631 - 1691 |