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Paper, 'On variations in the amount and distribution, of fat in the liver-cells of the frog' by J N [John Newport] Langley

Reference number: PP/7/8

Date: 1885

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Langley writes: 'I have in a previous paper mentioned some of the changes which occur in certain circumstances in. the number and arrangement of the fat-globules in the liver-cells of the frog. From observations made since that time at different seasons of the year, I have been able to ascertain certain points undetermined in the previous account.'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Histology

Received 23 September 1885. Read 19 November 1885.

A version of this paper was published in volume 39 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On variations in the amount and distribution, of fat in the liver-cells of the frog'.

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PP/7/8
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1885
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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23 pages
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John Newport Langley, Paper, 'On variations in the amount and distribution, of fat in the liver-cells of the frog' by J N [John Newport] Langley, 1885, PP/7/8, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_7_8/paper-on-variations-in-the-amount-and-distribution-of-fat-in-the-liver-cells-of-the-frog-by-j-n-john-newport-langley, accessed on 22 April 2025

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