Unpublished paper, 'Contributions to the physiology of the alimentary canal' by William Brinton
Reference number: AP/31/4
Date: 05 April 1848

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Brinton writes on the 'movements of the stomach', mentioning the anatomy of its muscular coat. The muscular actions of the digesting stomach are then considered.
Annotations in pencil throughout. Followed by three plates of experimental and anatomical representations of the alimentary canal [gastrointestinal tract].
Subject: Physiology / Gastroenterology
Received 9 June 1848. Read 21 December 1848. Communicated by R B [Robert Bentley] Todd.
Written by Brinton at 22 Bloomsbury Street [London].
Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 6 of Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society] as 'Contributions to the physiology of the alimentary canal'.
- Reference number
- AP/31/4
- Earliest possible date
- 05 April 1848
- Physical description
- Ink and graphite pencil on paper
- Page extent
- 39 pages
- Format
- Drawing
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William Brinton, Unpublished paper, 'Contributions to the physiology of the alimentary canal' by William Brinton, 05 April 1848, AP/31/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_31_4/unpublished-paper-contributions-to-the-physiology-of-the-alimentary-canal-by-william-brinton, accessed on 12 February 2025
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Date: 31st December 1851
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1843.0169
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Archived papers: volume 31, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1848-1849
1848-1849 Reference number: AP/31
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Robert Bentley Todd
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