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Brown-Sequard relates details of his experiments on the subject of the influence of oxygen and carbonic acid on the living tissues.

Subject: Biology

Received 25 June 1857. Communicated by James Paget.

A version of this paper was published in volume 8 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Summary of a paper (to be presented) on the influence of oxygen on the vital properties of the spinal cord, nerves, and muscles'.

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AP/39/43
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1857
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Charles Edward Brown-Sequard

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Charles Edward Brown-Sequard, Abstract, 'Summary of a paper on the influence of oxygen on the vital properties of the spinal cord, nerves, and muscles' by [Charles Edward] Brown-Sequard, 1857, AP/39/43, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_39_43/abstract-summary-of-a-paper-on-the-influence-of-oxygen-on-the-vital-properties-of-the-spinal-cord-nerves-and-muscles-by-charles-edward-brown-sequard, accessed on 14 November 2025

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