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Unpublished paper, 'On the repair of tendons after their subcutaneous division' by Bernard E [Edward] Brodhurst

Reference number: AP/42/4

Date: 1859

Description

Brodhurst describes a series of experiments which show firstly that a tendon, having been divided, may reunite without leaving a permanent scar; secondly, that the uniting new material may be drawn out to any required length, and may even acquire the thickness of the tendon itself; thirdly, that the addition of a new tendon does not impair the strength of the muscle, unless the length is more than sufficient, in which case it occasionally weakens the muscle.

Annotations in pencil throughout. Includes six plates of anatomical drawings.

Subject: Anatomy / Physiology / Medicine

Received 4 November 1859. Communicated by Thomas Blizard Curling.

Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 10 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the repair of tendons after their subcutaneous division'.

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AP/42/4
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1859
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
Page extent
18 pages
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Creator name

Bernard Edward Brodhurst

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Bernard Edward Brodhurst, Unpublished paper, 'On the repair of tendons after their subcutaneous division' by Bernard E [Edward] Brodhurst, 1859, AP/42/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_42_4/unpublished-paper-on-the-repair-of-tendons-after-their-subcutaneous-division-by-bernard-e-edward-brodhurst, accessed on 08 July 2025

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