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Unpublished paper, 'Experiments on the contents of the cardiac portion of the stomach, with a view to prevent an increased secretion of uric acid, with some remarks on the composition of the urine' by William T [Thomas] Brande

Reference number: AP/8/4

Date: 01 January 1810

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Brande recounts experiments carried out alongisde [Everard] Home on the contents of the cardiac portion of the stomach, intended to control the production of uric acid and therefore reduce the likelihood of urinary calculi. Brande provides four case studies of patients suffering from calculi and provides analyses of their urine. Corrections and annotations appear in ink throughout.

Subject: Physiology / Medicine

Read to the Royal Society on 22 February 1810.

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AP/8/4
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01 January 1810
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Ink on paper
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23 pages
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Manuscript

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William Thomas Brande

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William Thomas Brande, Unpublished paper, 'Experiments on the contents of the cardiac portion of the stomach, with a view to prevent an increased secretion of uric acid, with some remarks on the composition of the urine' by William T [Thomas] Brande, 01 January 1810, AP/8/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_8_4/unpublished-paper-experiments-on-the-contents-of-the-cardiac-portion-of-the-stomach-with-a-view-to-prevent-an-increased-secretion-of-uric-acid-with-some-remarks-on-the-composition-of-the-urine-by-william-t-thomas-brande, accessed on 10 February 2025

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