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Unpublished paper, 'Inquiry into the cause of the arterial pulse' by C H [Charles Henry] Parry

Reference number: AP/8A/13

Date: 22 April 1815

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Parry details experiments and observations made on arterial pulses in humans and animals, and the relationship of the pulse to the systole and diastole of the left ventricle of the heart. Includes one page of illustrations.

Annotations and corrections appear throughout in graphite.

Subject: Physiology

Written by Parry in Bath [Somerset, England]. Read to the Royal Society on 25 May 1815.

Reference number
AP/8A/13
Earliest possible date
22 April 1815
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Ink on paper
Page extent
30 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Charles Henry Parry

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Charles Henry Parry, Unpublished paper, 'Inquiry into the cause of the arterial pulse' by C H [Charles Henry] Parry, 22 April 1815, AP/8A/13, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_8a_13/unpublished-paper-inquiry-into-the-cause-of-the-arterial-pulse-by-c-h-charles-henry-parry, accessed on 16 November 2025

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