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Referee's report by Arthur Gamgee, on a paper 'Experiments upon the heart of the dog with reference to the maximum volume of blood sent out by the left ventricle in a single beat, and the influence of variations in venous pressure, arterial pressure, and pulse rate upon the work done by the heart' by William H Howell and F Donaldson

Reference number: RR/9/150

Date: 23 October 1883

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The results are 'altogether new' and 'of great importance'.

Subject: Physiology

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1883].

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RR/9/150
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23 October 1883
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Report on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Arthur Gamgee, Referee's report by Arthur Gamgee, on a paper 'Experiments upon the heart of the dog with reference to the maximum volume of blood sent out by the left ventricle in a single beat, and the influence of variations in venous pressure, arterial pressure, and pulse rate upon the work done by the heart' by William H Howell and F Donaldson, 23 October 1883, RR/9/150, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_150/referees-report-by-arthur-gamgee-on-a-paper-experiments-upon-the-heart-of-the-dog-with-reference-to-the-maximum-volume-of-blood-sent-out-by-the-left-ventricle-in-a-single-beat-and-the-influence-of-variations-in-venous-pressure-arterial-pressure-and-pulse-rate-upon-the-work-done-by-the-heart-by-william-h-howell-and-f-donaldson, accessed on 19 April 2025

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