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Reference numberPP/13/35
Previous numbersPP/45/38
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'Experiments on the nutritive value of wheat meal' by A [Alexander] Wynter Blyth
CreatorBlyth; Alexander Wynter (1844-1920); British Public Analyst
Date1889
DescriptionBlyth 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'.
Extent5p
FormatTypescript
Physical descriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1888.0126
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA6432Brunton; Sir; Thomas Lauder (1844 - 1916)1844 - 1916
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