| RefNo | PP/4/31 | 
| Previous numbers | PP/36/31 | 
| Level | Item | 
| Title | Paper, 'On the structure and functional significance of the human corpus callosum' by D J [David James] Hamilton | 
| Date | 1884 | 
| Description | Hamilton writes: 'The results have been obtained by a special mode of preparation formerly described by me [...] The fibres in the tip of the frontal lobe run almost directly backwards. A short way behind this they become concentrated in an oval shaped area. This oval shaped area still further back divides into three distinct bundles, and these bundles I have named the tractus internus, tractus medius, and tractus externus.' 
 Annotations in pencil and ink.
 
 Subject: Neuroscience / Physiology
 
 Received 23 January 1884 / 23 February 1884. Read 28 February 1884. Communicated by [Thomas Henry] Huxley.
 
 A version of this paper was published in volume 36 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the structure and functional significance of the human corpus callosum'.
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| Extent | 5p | 
| Format | Manuscript | 
| PhysicalDescription | Ink and graphite pencil on paper | 
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making | 
| AccessStatus | Open | 
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1883.0117 | 
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates | 
| NA3559 | Hamilton; David James (1849 - 1909) | 1849 - 1909 | 
| NA8243 | Huxley; Thomas Henry (1825 - 1895) | 1825 - 1895 |