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Paper, 'Observations on the secretion of bile in a case of biliary fistula' by A W [Arthur William] Mayo Robson

Reference number: PP/15/34

Date: 1890

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Robson writes: 'There are few physiological questions on which so much doubt and disagreement prevail as on that of the secretion and uses of bile, this being especially marked when we come to compare the apparently contradictory observations of various experimenters relating to the action of drugs on the biliary secretion. As the well known experiments of Dr Rutherford and Messrs Prevost and Binet were conducted on the lower animals, it may possibly account for the differences between their observations and those recorded in this paper. From the rarity of cases of biliary fistula in healthy human subjects, the opportunity has rarely occurred for a careful analysis of fresh bile in sufficient quantity, or for a complete analysis of the whole twenty-four hours’ secretion; and in all previous analyses no notice has been taken of the gall-bladder secretion.'

Annotations in pencil and ink. Includes three pages of charts of experimental results.

Subject: Physiology

Received 13 April 1890. Read 24 April 1890. Communicated by Thomas Clifford Allbutt.

A version of this paper was published in volume 47 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Observations on the secretion of bile in a case of biliary fistula'.

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PP/15/34
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1890
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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48 pages
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Arthur William Mayo-Robson

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Arthur William Mayo-Robson, Paper, 'Observations on the secretion of bile in a case of biliary fistula' by A W [Arthur William] Mayo Robson, 1890, PP/15/34, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_15_34/paper-observations-on-the-secretion-of-bile-in-a-case-of-biliary-fistula-by-a-w-arthur-william-mayo-robson, accessed on 09 December 2024

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