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The weird folklore of British cakes
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Conflicted and confused about lithium
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Slices of sunshine / Huntley & Palmers.
Huntley & Palmers.Date: [between 1930 and 1939?]- Archives and manuscripts
'The Effect of Cholinesterase Inhibitors on the Leakage of Potassium from Brain Slices', K P Strickland and RHST, Proceedings of the Biochemical Society, vol 58, part 2, pp 20
Date: July 1954Reference: PP/RHT/D/2/36Part of: Thompson, Professor Robert Henry Stewart (1912-1998)- Archives and manuscripts
'On the Mechanism of the Potassium Loss from Brain Slices induced by Cholinesterase Inhibitors', K P Strickland and RHST, The Biochemical Journal, vol 60, no 3, pp 468-475
Date: 1955Reference: PP/RHT/D/2/39Part of: Thompson, Professor Robert Henry Stewart (1912-1998)- Books
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The construction of timber, from its early growth; explained by the microscope, and proved from experiments, in a great variety of kinds. In five books. 1. On the Parts of Trees. 2. Their Vessels. 3. Their Encrease by Growth. 4. The different Disposition of their Parts in various Kinds. 5. The Particularities in their Vessels. With Figures Of Their Various Appearances, Of an Instrument invented for cutting Slices of extreme Thinness, And Of a Microscope of a new Construction, through which they were viewed. By John Hill, M. D. Member Of The Imperial Academy.
Hill, John, 1714?-1775.Date: MDCC.LXXIV. [1774]
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Peach slices in fruit juice : no sugar added / Del Monte Foods (UK) Limited.
Del Monte Foods (UK)Date: [1993]