| RefNo | AP/37/25 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'Examination of the cerebro-spinal fluid' by William Turner |
| Date | 1854 |
| Description | Turner describes investigations into several specimens of cerebro-spinal fluid. He concludes from his experiments that 'it may be safely asserted that the power possessed by the cerebro-spinal fluid of reducing the oxide of copper, is not owing to the presence either of grape-sugar or any of the allied substances: whether it may depend upon the presence of leucine or other modifications of albumen of a somewhat similar nature, or whether it may be due to the presence of a substance belonging to another series, is a point that has yet to be determined'.
Subject: Neuroscience / Chemistry
Received 18 May 1854. Read 15 June 1854. Communicated by James Paget.
This paper was published in full in volume 7 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Examination of the cerebro-spinal fluid'. |
| Extent | 7p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1854.0021 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6051 | Paget; Sir; James (1814 - 1899) | 1814 - 1899 |
| NA6470 | Turner; Sir; William (1832 - 1916); anatomist and university administrator | 1832 - 1916 |