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Paper, 'Additional note on the contraction of voluntary muscle in the living body' by Wm [William] Bowman

Reference number: PT/25/3

Date: 06 April 1841

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The illustration for this paper has been separated from the manuscript and is found at PT/75/1/1.

Subject: Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Additional note on the contraction of voluntary muscle in the living body'.

Written by Bowman at King's College, London. Received by the Royal Society on 15 April 1841. Read 29 April 1841.

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 4, 1843.

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PT/25/3
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06 April 1841
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7 pages
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William Bowman

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William Bowman, Paper, 'Additional note on the contraction of voluntary muscle in the living body' by Wm [William] Bowman, 06 April 1841, PT/25/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_25_3/paper-additional-note-on-the-contraction-of-voluntary-muscle-in-the-living-body-by-wm-william-bowman, accessed on 07 October 2024

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