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Paper, 'An experimental inquiry undertaken with the view of ascertaining whether any, and what signs of current force are manifested during the organic process of secretion in living animals; continued' by H F [Henry Foster] Baxter

Reference number: PT/44/3

Date: 1852

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Subject: Zoology / Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An experimental inquiry undertaken with the view of ascertaining whether any, and what signs of current force are manifested during the organic process of secretion in living animals (continued)'.

Communicated by Dr [Robert Bentley] Todd. Received by the Royal Society on 30 April 1852. Read 17 June 1852.

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 6, 1854.

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PT/44/3
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1852
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Robert Bentley Todd, Paper, 'An experimental inquiry undertaken with the view of ascertaining whether any, and what signs of current force are manifested during the organic process of secretion in living animals; continued' by H F [Henry Foster] Baxter, 1852, PT/44/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_44_3/paper-an-experimental-inquiry-undertaken-with-the-view-of-ascertaining-whether-any-and-what-signs-of-current-force-are-manifested-during-the-organic-process-of-secretion-in-living-animals-continued-by-h-f-henry-foster-baxter, accessed on 23 June 2025

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