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Paper, 'The proteids of the seeds of Abrus precatorius (jequirity)' by Sidney [Harris Cox] Martin

Reference number: PP/10/42

Date: 1887

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Martin writes: 'The proteids of the seeds of Abrus, the Indian liquorice, are im­portant physiologically, because they have been shown (by Warden and Waddell) to be possessed of poisonous properties.'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Botany / Toxicology

Received 21 April 1887. Read 5 May 1887. Communicated by Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer.

A version of this paper was published in volume 42 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'The proteids of the seeds of Abrus precatorius (jequirity)'.

Reference number
PP/10/42
Earliest possible date
1887
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Ink and coloured pencil on paper
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5 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Sidney Harris Cox Martin

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Sidney Harris Cox Martin, Paper, 'The proteids of the seeds of Abrus precatorius (jequirity)' by Sidney [Harris Cox] Martin, 1887, PP/10/42, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_10_42/paper-the-proteids-of-the-seeds-of-abrus-precatorius-jequirity-by-sidney-harris-cox-martin, accessed on 10 February 2025

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