Skip to content

Please be aware that some material may contain words, descriptions or illustrations which will not reflect current scientific understanding and may be considered in today's context inaccurate, unethical, offensive or distressing.

The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Paper, 'Preliminary account of the structure of the cells of the liver and the changes which take place in them under various conditions' by J N [John Newport] Langley

Reference number: PP/2/3

Date: 1882

Description

Langley writes: 'I have examined the structure of the liver-cells in the frog, toad, newt, the common snake, the grey lizard, the roach and smelt, the pigeon, and various mammals. In all these the “resting" liver cells have the following common points of structure. The protoplasm is arranged in the form of a network or honeycomb, the meshes or spaces of which are in all parts of the cell of much the same size; the outer parts of the cell are formed of a thin layer of slightly modified protoplasm with which, however, the network is continuous.'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Physiology

Received 24 April 1882. Read 27 April 1882. Communicated by Michael Foster.

A version of this paper was published in volume 34 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Preliminary account of the structure of the cells of the liver and the changes which take place in them under various conditions'.

Reference number
PP/2/3
Earliest possible date
1882
Physical description
Ink and graphite pencil on paper
Page extent
22 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

John Newport Langley

View page for John Newport Langley

Use this record

IIIF manifest

View​ IIIF ​ manifest Opens in new tab

Open in Mirador viewer Opens in new tab

Export this record

Download PDF Opens in new tab

Citation

John Newport Langley, Paper, 'Preliminary account of the structure of the cells of the liver and the changes which take place in them under various conditions' by J N [John Newport] Langley, 1882, PP/2/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_2_3/paper-preliminary-account-of-the-structure-of-the-cells-of-the-liver-and-the-changes-which-take-place-in-them-under-various-conditions-by-j-n-john-newport-langley, accessed on 20 January 2025

Link to this record

https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_2_3/paper-preliminary-account-of-the-structure-of-the-cells-of-the-liver-and-the-changes-which-take-place-in-them-under-various-conditions-by-j-n-john-newport-langley

Embed this record

<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/pp_2_3/paper-preliminary-account-of-the-structure-of-the-cells-of-the-liver-and-the-changes-which-take-place-in-them-under-various-conditions-by-j-n-john-newport-langley" title="Paper, 'Preliminary account of the structure of the cells of the liver and the changes which take place in them under various conditions' by J N [John Newport] Langley" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>

Related Publications

Hierarchy

This item is part of:

Related Fellows

Explore the collection

  • Proceedings Papers

    Dates: 1882 - 1894

    The archival collection known as 'Proceedings Papers' is comprised of manuscripts and occasional proofs of scientific papers sent to the Royal Society which were read before meetings of Fellows and printed in full in the Proceedings of the Royal Society.

    View collection