Unpublished letter, 'On the structure of the ultimate fibril of the muscle of animal life' from Erasmus Wilson to Peter Mark Roget

Description

Using a powerful microscope, Wilson is able to make discoveries on the structure of the ultimate muscular fibril. He records his observations upon a specimen taken from the arm of a strong, healthy man immediately after its amputation. He finds each fibril to be composed of minute cells with flattened surfaces, arranged in a linear series, creating a uniform cylindrical shape.

Followed by one page of diagrams regarding the structure of the ultimate fibril of the muscle of animal life.

Subject: Biology / Physiology

Received 13 June 1844. Communicated by Roget.

Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 5 of Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society] as 'On the Structure of the Ultimate Fibril of the Muscle of Animal Life'.

Reference number

AP/27/12

Earliest possible date

05 June 1844

Physical description

Ink on paper

Page extent

14 pages

Format

Diagram
Manuscript