| Reference number | PP/13/35 |
| Previous numbers | PP/45/38 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'Experiments on the nutritive value of wheat meal' by A [Alexander] Wynter Blyth |
| Creator | Blyth; Alexander Wynter (1844-1920); British Public Analyst |
| Date | 1889 |
| Description | Blyth writes: 'A physician, who may be designated as A, undertook to live for twenty-eight days on distilled water and whole meal. Each day a certain quantity of the meal was ground by himself, weighed, and made either into cakes or porridge by means of distilled water. The excreta was forwarded to me for analysis.'
Annotations in pencil and ink throughout.
Subject: Biology / Nutrition
Received 30 March 1889. Read 11 April 1889. Communicated by Thomas Lauder Brunton
A version of this paper was published in volume 45 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Experiments on the nutritive value of wheat meal'. |
| Extent | 5p |
| 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.1888.0126 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA6432 | Brunton; Sir; Thomas Lauder (1844 - 1916) | 1844 - 1916 |