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Unpublished paper, 'An improved method of making anatomical preparations and preserving parts of animals' by Joseph Swan

Reference number: AP/8A/17

Date: 21 March 1818

Description

Swan presents his new method of making anatomical preparations which he reports will result in superior specimens of muscles and nerves. He explains his method using a specimen of an arm as an example. Corrections appear throughout in ink.

Subject: Biology / Anatomy

Written by Swan in Lincoln [Lincolnshire, England]. Communicated by Astley Cooper.

Reference number
AP/8A/17
Earliest possible date
21 March 1818
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
16 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Unpublished paper, 'An improved method of making anatomical preparations and preserving parts of animals' by Joseph Swan, 21 March 1818, AP/8A/17, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_8a_17/unpublished-paper-an-improved-method-of-making-anatomical-preparations-and-preserving-parts-of-animals-by-joseph-swan, accessed on 15 March 2026

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