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RefNoRBC/2/99
AltRefNoRBC/2/328
LevelItem
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
Date1667
DescriptionBelieves 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
LanguageEnglish
Extent4 sides
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialPrinted in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 2, no 29, p 544
RelatedRecordRBO/3/60
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CodePersonNameDates
NA6102Lower; Richard (1631 - 1691); physician and physiologist1631 - 1691
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