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Paper, 'Further experiments and observations on the influence of the brain on the generation of animal heat' by B C [Benjamin Collins] Brodie

Reference number: PT/6/20

Date: 1812

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Subject: Anatomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Further experiments and observations on the influence of the brain on the generation of animal heat'.

Read 18 June 1812.

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 1, 1832.

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PT/6/20
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1812
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32 pages
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Benjamin Collins Brodie

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Benjamin Collins Brodie, Paper, 'Further experiments and observations on the influence of the brain on the generation of animal heat' by B C [Benjamin Collins] Brodie, 1812, PT/6/20, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_6_20/paper-further-experiments-and-observations-on-the-influence-of-the-brain-on-the-generation-of-animal-heat-by-b-c-benjamin-collins-brodie, accessed on 13 May 2026

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