| Reference number | AP/64/10 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Unpublished paper, 'Note on the functions of the sinuses of Valsalva and auricular appendices, with some remarks on the mechanism of the heart and pulse' by M [Mayo] Collier |
| Creator | Collier; Mayo (fl 1887); British surgeon |
| Date | 1887 |
| Description | The object of the paper is to disprove the idea that the sinuses of Valsalva are 'mere bulgings of the arterial walls', formed by a reflex current induced by the sudden closure of the semilunar valves. The existence of a reflex current is shown to be impossible, and the theory of the sudden opening and closure of the semilunar valves is strongly opposed.
Subject: Physiology
Received and read 9 June 1887. Communicated by Victor Horsley.
Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 42 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Note on the functions of the sinuses of Valsalva and auricular appendices, with some remarks on the mechanism of the heart and pulse'.
A version of this paper was published by Collier in The Lancet: Collier, Mayo. 'On the functions of the sinuses of Valsalva and auricular appendices, with some remarks on the mechanism of the heart and pulse.' The Lancet, volume 131, number 3380 (1888), pp. 1122-1123. |
| Extent | 25p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink and graphite pencil on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)16534-2 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1887.0099 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA6838 | Horsley; Sir; Victor Alexander Haden (1857 - 1916) | 1857 - 1916 |