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Paper, 'Action of caffein and theine upon voluntary muscle' by T [Thomas] Lauder Brunton and J [John] Theodore Cash

Reference number: PP/10/31

Date: 1887

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Brunton and Cash write: 'From a number of experiments we have found that caffein [caffeine] and theine both cause rigor in the voluntary muscles of frogs. All these experiments were made on Rana temporaria and none on Rana esculenta.'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Physiology

Received 24 March 1887. Read 31 March 1887.

A version of this paper was published in volume 42 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Action of caffein and theine upon voluntary muscle'.

Reference number
PP/10/31
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1887
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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3 pages
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Typescript

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Thomas Lauder Brunton

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John Theodore Cash

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Thomas Lauder Brunton, John Theodore Cash, Paper, 'Action of caffein and theine upon voluntary muscle' by T [Thomas] Lauder Brunton and J [John] Theodore Cash, 1887, PP/10/31, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_10_31/paper-action-of-caffein-and-theine-upon-voluntary-muscle-by-t-thomas-lauder-brunton-and-j-john-theodore-cash, accessed on 24 May 2025

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