| RefNo | CLP/12ii/66 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'An account of the bones of animals being changed to a red colour by aliment only' by John Belchier |
| Date | [1736] |
| Description | Belchier discusses the circulation of blood within bones and describes a phenomenon in which the bones of hogs were turned a red colour through diet. The hogs were fed bran that had been boiled in a copper with printed calicoes in order to clear the fabric. The cartilege and marrow of the bones remained white, but the hard portion of the bones turned red.
Subject: Physiology / Chemistry
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of the bones of animals being changed to a red colour by aliment only'.
Read to the Royal Society on 25 November 1736. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1735.0059
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 39, no 442, p 287 |
| RelatedRecord | RBO/20/12 |
| CLP/12ii/66a |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA5410 | Belchier; John (1706 - 1785) | 1706 - 1785 |