Paper, 'Experiments to prove the existence of a fluid in the nerves' by A S [Alexander Stuart ]
Reference number: CLP/14ii/38
Date: 1732
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Stuart shares the findings of experiments on animals in an attempt to prove the existence of a fluid in the nerves, also known as 'animal spirits'.
Subject: Physiology / Neurology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Experiments to prove the existence of a fluid in the nerves'
Read to the Royal Society on 22 June 1732
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- CLP/14ii/38
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- 1732
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- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Alexander Stuart, Paper, 'Experiments to prove the existence of a fluid in the nerves' by A S [Alexander Stuart ], 1732, CLP/14ii/38, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_14ii_38/paper-experiments-to-prove-the-existence-of-a-fluid-in-the-nerves-by-a-s-alexander-stuart, accessed on 15 March 2025
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Date: 31st December 1731
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1731.0057
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