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Unpublished paper, 'On the functions of the foetal liver and intestines' by Robert James Lee

Reference number: AP/80/3

Date: 1864

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Lee writes: 'From a careful examination of those points in which the growth of the human foetus resembles that of the foetal bird and of those points in which they differ, it will be seen that the functions of some organs at present imperfectly understood become evident and their relation to one another and their combined actions far more simple than is generally supposed.' He presents a brief description of the structure of the human foetus and its mode of development before describing the foetal bird and then comparing the two.

Annotations in pencil and ink throughout.

Subject: Physiology / Anatomy

Received 1 November 1864. Read 22 December 1864. Communicated by Robert Lee.

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AP/80/3
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1864
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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13 pages
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Manuscript

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Robert James Lee

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Robert James Lee, Unpublished paper, 'On the functions of the foetal liver and intestines' by Robert James Lee, 1864, AP/80/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_80_3/unpublished-paper-on-the-functions-of-the-foetal-liver-and-intestines-by-robert-james-lee, accessed on 14 January 2025

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