Discovery that the veins of the bat's wing (which are furnished with valves) are endowed with rythmical [sic] contractility, and that the onward flow of blood is accelerated by each contraction / by T. Wharton Jones.

  • Jones, Thomas Wharton, 1808-1891.
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Discovery that the veins of the bat's wing (which are furnished with valves) are endowed with rythmical [sic] contractility, and that the onward flow of blood is accelerated by each contraction / by T. Wharton Jones. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[London] : [Royal Society of London], 1852.

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pages 131-136 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

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'Received November 20, 1851, read February 5, 1852' - caption
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