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Paper, 'On the structure and use of the "Malpighian bodies" of the kidney, with observations on the circulation through that gland' by W [William] Bowman

Reference number: PT/26/3

Date: 1842

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Illustrations for this paper have been separated from the manuscript and are found at PT/75/2/1.

Subject: Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the structure and use of the Malpighian bodies of the kidney, with observations on the circulation through that gland'.

Received by the Royal Society on 14 February 1842. Read 17 February 1842.

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/26/3
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1842
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47 pages
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Manuscript

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William Bowman

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William Bowman, Paper, 'On the structure and use of the "Malpighian bodies" of the kidney, with observations on the circulation through that gland' by W [William] Bowman, 1842, PT/26/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_26_3/paper-on-the-structure-and-use-of-the-malpighian-bodies-of-the-kidney-with-observations-on-the-circulation-through-that-gland-by-w-william-bowman, accessed on 12 November 2025

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