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Unpublished paper, 'A preliminary account of a research into the nature of the venom of the Indian cobra (Naja tripudians)' by R [Richard] Norris Wolfenden

Reference number: AP/63/16

Date: 1885

Description

Wolfenden describes a series of experiments and observations relating to cobra venom.

Annotations in pencil and ink throughout.

Subject: Zoology / Ophiology / Toxicology

Received 17 November 1885. Read 17 December 1885. Communicated by E A [Edward Albert] Schafer.

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AP/63/16
Earliest possible date
1885
Physical description
Ink and graphite pencil on paper
Page extent
22 pages
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Manuscript

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Richard Norris Wolfenden

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Richard Norris Wolfenden, Unpublished paper, 'A preliminary account of a research into the nature of the venom of the Indian cobra (Naja tripudians)' by R [Richard] Norris Wolfenden, 1885, AP/63/16, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_63_16/unpublished-paper-a-preliminary-account-of-a-research-into-the-nature-of-the-venom-of-the-indian-cobra-naja-tripudians-by-r-richard-norris-wolfenden, accessed on 16 September 2024

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