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Paper, 'On the ganglia and nerves of the heart' by Robert Lee

Reference number: AP/30/9

Date: May 1848

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Lee examines existing literature on the ganglia and nerves of the heart and shares his own observations on the dissection of a foetal heart, the heart of a child of nine years of age, and adult human hearts in healthy and hypertrophied states.

Marked on front as 'cancelled by recommendation of the referees' and '40 drawings accompanied this paper'.

Subject: Anatomy / Physiology / Neuroscience

Received 8 May 1848 / 11 May 1848.

The paper was published in volume 139 of Philosophical Transactions as 'On the ganglia and nerves of the heart'.

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AP/30/9
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May 1848
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Ink on paper
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12 pages
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Manuscript

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Robert Lee

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Robert Lee, Paper, 'On the ganglia and nerves of the heart' by Robert Lee, May 1848, AP/30/9, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_30_9/paper-on-the-ganglia-and-nerves-of-the-heart-by-robert-lee, accessed on 26 April 2025

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