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Paper, 'On the bases (organic) in the juice of flesh. Part I' by George Stillingfleet Johnson

Reference number: PP/18/16

Date: 1891

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Johnson writes: 'The object which I have kept in view in the research, the first results of which are described in this paper, has been to ascertain as far as possible what substances are really present in the watery extract of fresh muscle, and which of the substances commonly described as being present in it are really due to changes taking place in the flesh during the processes of analysis in short which of the substances obtained from flesh are educts, and which are mere products therefrom.'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Physiology / Chemistry

Received 28 April 1891. Read 28 May 1891. Communicated by George Johnson.

A version of this paper was published in volume 50 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the bases (organic) in the juice of flesh. Part I'.

Reference number
PP/18/16
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1891
Physical description
Ink and graphite pencil on paper
Page extent
32 pages
Format
Manuscript

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George Stillingfleet Johnson, George Stillingfleet (1851-1937)

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George Stillingfleet Johnson, George Stillingfleet (1851-1937), Paper, 'On the bases (organic) in the juice of flesh. Part I' by George Stillingfleet Johnson, 1891, PP/18/16, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_18_16/paper-on-the-bases-organic-in-the-juice-of-flesh-part-i-by-george-stillingfleet-johnson, accessed on 11 July 2025

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