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Referee's report by Thomas Henry Huxley, on a paper 'The caudal heart of the eel a lymphatic heart.—Effect of the force with which the lymph-stream is propelled therefrom on the flow of the blood in the vein into which the heart opens.— Explanation of the appearance of blood propelled in successive drops, as if from the heart, along the caudal vein.—Influence which the force of the lymph-stream from the heart exerts in accelerating and promoting the flow of blood in the caudal vein' by Thomas Wharton Jones

Reference number: RR/6/157

Date: 20 March 1868

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to work of Marshall Hall. Suggests adding a description and drawing of the lymph valves.

Subject: Physiology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

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RR/6/157
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20 March 1868
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Thomas Henry Huxley

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Thomas Henry Huxley, Referee's report by Thomas Henry Huxley, on a paper 'The caudal heart of the eel a lymphatic heart.—Effect of the force with which the lymph-stream is propelled therefrom on the flow of the blood in the vein into which the heart opens.— Explanation of the appearance of blood propelled in successive drops, as if from the heart, along the caudal vein.—Influence which the force of the lymph-stream from the heart exerts in accelerating and promoting the flow of blood in the caudal vein' by Thomas Wharton Jones, 20 March 1868, RR/6/157, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_6_157/referees-report-by-thomas-henry-huxley-on-a-paper-the-caudal-heart-of-the-eel-a-lymphatic-hearteffect-of-the-force-with-which-the-lymph-stream-is-propelled-therefrom-on-the-flow-of-the-blood-in-the-vein-into-which-the-heart-opens-explanation-of-the-appearance-of-blood-propelled-in-successive-drops-as-if-from-the-heart-along-the-caudal-veininfluence-which-the-force-of-the-lymph-stream-from-the-heart-exerts-in-accelerating-and-promoting-the-flow-of-blood-in-the-caudal-vein-by-thomas-wharton-jones, accessed on 05 December 2024

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