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Barratt presents experimental results and observations regarding the action of radiation from radium bromide upon the skin of the ear of the rabbit. 1mg of radium bromide is applied to a celluloid applicator which is placed on a shaved area of the outer surface of the ear and left for two to six hours.

Annotations in ink throughout.

Subject: Physiology

Received 7 March 1910. Read 14 April 1910. Communicated by C S [Charles Scott] Sherrington.

A version of this paper was published by Barratt in the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Physiology: Barratt, J O Wakelin. 'THE ACTION OF THE RADIATION FROM RADIUM BROMIDE UPON THE SKIN OF THE EAR OF THE RABBIT.' The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Physiology, volume 3, number 3 (1910), pp. 261-270.

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AP/78/8
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1910
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Ink on paper
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11 pages
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Typescript

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John Oglethorpe Wakelin Barratt

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John Oglethorpe Wakelin Barratt, Unpublished paper, 'The action of radiation from radium bromide upon the skin of the ear of the rabbit' by J O [John Oglethorpe] Wakelin Barratt, 1910, AP/78/8, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_78_8/unpublished-paper-the-action-of-radiation-from-radium-bromide-upon-the-skin-of-the-ear-of-the-rabbit-by-j-o-john-oglethorpe-wakelin-barratt, accessed on 24 March 2025

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