| Reference number | PP/10/31 |
| Previous numbers | PP/42/31 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'Action of caffein and theine upon voluntary muscle' by T [Thomas] Lauder Brunton and J [John] Theodore Cash |
| Date | 1887 |
| Description | Brunton and Cash write: 'From a number of experiments we have found that caffein [caffeine] and theine both cause rigor in the voluntary muscles of frogs. All these experiments were made on Rana temporaria and none on Rana esculenta.'
Annotations in pencil and ink.
Subject: Physiology
Received 24 March 1887. Read 31 March 1887.
A version of this paper was published in volume 42 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Action of caffein and theine upon voluntary muscle'. |
| Extent | 3p |
| Format | Typescript |
| Physical description | Ink and graphite pencil on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1887.0048 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA6432 | Brunton; Sir; Thomas Lauder (1844 - 1916) | 1844 - 1916 |
| NA7124 | Cash; John Theodore (1854 - 1936) | 1854 - 1936 |