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Unpublished paper, 'Observations on the structure and connection of the valves of the human heart' by William Scovell Savory

Reference number: AP/33/25

Date: 1851

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Savory shares the detailed results of his observations on the anatomy of the arterial and auriculo-ventricular valves.

Includes five plates of figures of the heart.

Subject: Anatomy / Physiology

Received 30 September 1851. Communicated by Edward Stanley.

A version of this paper was published by Savory in The Lancet: Savory, William Scoville. 'Observations on the structure and connexions of the valves of the human heart' The Lancet, volume 60, number 1523 (1852), pp. 420-422.

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AP/33/25
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1851
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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57 pages
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William Scovell Savory

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William Scovell Savory, Unpublished paper, 'Observations on the structure and connection of the valves of the human heart' by William Scovell Savory, 1851, AP/33/25, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_33_25/unpublished-paper-observations-on-the-structure-and-connection-of-the-valves-of-the-human-heart-by-william-scovell-savory, accessed on 11 October 2024

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