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Plate 23, figure 6 (labelled here as figure 23) showing a transverse section of a portal canal in a child's liver. Inscribed with publication and plate details. 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.

Reference number
PT/73/16/14
Earliest possible date
1833
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Graphite on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Drawing

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Francis Kiernan

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Francis Kiernan, Drawing, transverse section of portal canal by [Francis Kiernan], 1833, PT/73/16/14, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_73_16_14/drawing-transverse-section-of-portal-canal-by-francis-kiernan, accessed on 06 February 2025

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