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Paper, 'On the rhythm of the mammalian heart' by J A [John Alexander] MacWilliam

Reference number: PP/12/11

Date: 1888

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MacWilliam writes: 'The following are some of the general conclusions arrived at from a prolonged investigation of the rhythm of the mammalian heart. The experiments were conducted on the cat, dog, rabbit, rat, hedgehog, and guinea-pig, the cat being the animal most commonly used.'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Physiology

Received 26 April 1888. Read 17 May 1888. Communicated by Michael Foster.

A version of this paper was published in volume 44 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the rhythm of the mammalian heart'.

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PP/12/11
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1888
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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7 pages
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Manuscript

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John Alexander MacWilliam

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John Alexander MacWilliam, Paper, 'On the rhythm of the mammalian heart' by J A [John Alexander] MacWilliam, 1888, PP/12/11, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_12_11/paper-on-the-rhythm-of-the-mammalian-heart-by-j-a-john-alexander-macwilliam, accessed on 21 January 2025

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