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Subject: Anatomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the nerves; giving an account of some experiments on their structure and functions, which lead to a new arrangement of the system'.

Communicated by Sir Humphry Davy. Read 12 July 1821.

Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 2, 1833.

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PT/15/30
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1821
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Ink on paper
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63 pages
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Manuscript

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Charles Bell

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Charles Bell, Paper, 'On the nerves - giving an account of some experiments on their structure and functions - which lead to a new arrangement of the system' by Charles Bell, 1821, PT/15/30, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_15_30/paper-on-the-nerves-giving-an-account-of-some-experiments-on-their-structure-and-functions-which-lead-to-a-new-arrangement-of-the-system-by-charles-bell, accessed on 10 February 2025

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