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Paper, 'On the minute structure of striped muscle, with special reference to a new method of investigation, by means of "impressions" stamped in collodion' by John Berry Haycraft

Reference number: PP/17/20

Date: 1890-1891

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Haycraft writes: 'Curiously enough many of the early microscopists—Schwann for instance—recognised that the fibrils of a muscle are not simply threads of uniform thickness, like those of connective tissue: they were able to demonstrate their varicose character, even with the imperfect lenses at their command.'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Physiology

Received 2 January 1891. Read 8 January 1891. Communicated by Edward Emanuel Klein.

A version of this paper was published in volume 49 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the minute structure of striped muscle, with special reference to a new method of investigation, by means of "impressions" stamped in collodion'.

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PP/17/20
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1890-1891
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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34 pages
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Manuscript

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John Berry Haycraft

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John Berry Haycraft, Paper, 'On the minute structure of striped muscle, with special reference to a new method of investigation, by means of "impressions" stamped in collodion' by John Berry Haycraft, 1890-1891, PP/17/20, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_17_20/paper-on-the-minute-structure-of-striped-muscle-with-special-reference-to-a-new-method-of-investigation-by-means-of-impressions-stamped-in-collodion-by-john-berry-haycraft, accessed on 19 April 2025

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