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Paper, 'The toxic action of the albumose from the seeds of Abrus precatorius [jequirity]' by Sidney [Harris Cox] Martin

Reference number: PP/14/9

Date: 1889

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Martin writes: 'An account, by Dr Wolfenden and myself, of the physiological action of the globulin which I extracted from the seeds of the jequirity plant, has been presented the Royal Society [see PP/14/8]. I have shown that there are two proteids present in the seeds; a globulin and an albumose. The present paper deals with the physiological action of the albumose.'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Toxicology / Physiology

Received 8 May 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 'The toxic action of the albumose from the seeds of Abrus precatorius'.

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PP/14/9
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1889
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Ink and coloured pencil on paper
Page extent
13 pages
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Manuscript

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Sidney Harris Cox Martin

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Sidney Harris Cox Martin, Paper, 'The toxic action of the albumose from the seeds of Abrus precatorius [jequirity]' by Sidney [Harris Cox] Martin, 1889, PP/14/9, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_14_9/paper-the-toxic-action-of-the-albumose-from-the-seeds-of-abrus-precatorius-jequirity-by-sidney-harris-cox-martin, accessed on 17 January 2025

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