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Paper, 'Physiological action of the active principle of the seeds of Abrus precatorius (jequirity)' by Sidney [Harris Cox] Martin and R [Richard] Norris Wolfenden

Reference number: PP/14/8

Date: 1889

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The authors write: 'The object of the present investigation was to study the physiological action of the active principle of the jequirity seed. A watery infusion of the seeds, as is well, known, produces severe inflammation of the conjunctiva when a few drops are placed in the eye; and when injected under the skin, or as in the “sui” poisoning of cattle in India, it is fatal to animals.'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Physiology / Toxicology

Received 11 April 1889. Read 16 May 1889. Communicated by Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer.

A version of this paper was published in volume 46 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Physiological action of the active principle of the seeds of Abrus precatorius (jequirity)'.

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PP/14/8
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1889
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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9 pages
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Manuscript

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Sidney Harris Cox Martin

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Sidney Harris Cox Martin, Paper, 'Physiological action of the active principle of the seeds of Abrus precatorius (jequirity)' by Sidney [Harris Cox] Martin and R [Richard] Norris Wolfenden, 1889, PP/14/8, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_14_8/paper-physiological-action-of-the-active-principle-of-the-seeds-of-abrus-precatorius-jequirity-by-sidney-harris-cox-martin-and-r-richard-norris-wolfenden, accessed on 13 February 2025

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