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Unpublished paper, 'Farther experiments and observations on the relation which subsists between sanguiferous and nervous systems, particularly on the nature of secretion, the use of the ganglia, and the cause of animal temperature' by A P [Alexander Philip] Wilson Philip

Reference number: AP/8A/14

Date: 01 November 1815

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Philip discusses the relationship between the sanguiferous [circulatory] system and the nervous system, particularly relating to vessels of secretion and use of the ganglia, drawing on his own experimentation and observations on rabbits. Corrections appear throughout in ink and graphite. Pages 13 and 14 missing from the manuscript.

Subject: Physiology

Written by Philip in Worcester [West Midlands, England]. Read to the Royal Society on 25 January 1816.

Reference number
AP/8A/14
Earliest possible date
01 November 1815
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Ink on paper
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49 pages
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Manuscript

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Alexander Philip Wilson Philip

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Alexander Philip Wilson Philip, Unpublished paper, 'Farther experiments and observations on the relation which subsists between sanguiferous and nervous systems, particularly on the nature of secretion, the use of the ganglia, and the cause of animal temperature' by A P [Alexander Philip] Wilson Philip, 01 November 1815, AP/8A/14, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_8a_14/unpublished-paper-farther-experiments-and-observations-on-the-relation-which-subsists-between-sanguiferous-and-nervous-systems-particularly-on-the-nature-of-secretion-the-use-of-the-ganglia-and-the-cause-of-animal-temperature-by-a-p-alexander-philip-wilson-philip, accessed on 11 April 2026

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