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.
Date:
1852

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: 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. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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