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Drawing, hepatic vein, biliary ducts, and interlobular branches by [Francis Kiernan]

Reference number: PT/73/16/13

Date: 1833

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Plate 23, figures 2, 4, and 5 (labelled here as figures 19, 21, and 22) showing the hepatic vein of the seal, biliary ducts, and interlobular branches of the portal vein. Inscribed with publication and plate details. A faint pencil inscription below plate details reads '? with or without' and below that, 'reverse'. Not signed. The manuscript for this paper is wanting.

Subject: Anatomy / Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'The anatomy and physiology of the liver' by Francis Kiernan.

Received and read by the Royal Society on 20 June 1833.

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PT/73/16/13
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1833
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Graphite on paper
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1 page
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Drawing

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Francis Kiernan

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Francis Kiernan, Drawing, hepatic vein, biliary ducts, and interlobular branches by [Francis Kiernan], 1833, PT/73/16/13, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_73_16_13/drawing-hepatic-vein-biliary-ducts-and-interlobular-branches-by-francis-kiernan, accessed on 13 March 2026

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