Semon, Sir Felix (1849-1921) and Horsley, Sir Victor (1857-1916)

Laboratory book recording experiments concerning the central motor innervation of the larynx, 1886-90 (ff. 1-77), with inserted loose sheets recording further experiments, 1893-97. The other end of the volume records experiments relating to the work of Charles Edouard Brown-Séquard on epilepsy produced in guinea pigs, 1886 (ff. 158-189). Inserted at f. 57 is a letter to Semon from John Hughlings Jackson, 4 January 1890. With pen sketches and photographs of animal brains, mostly loosely inserted.

Late 19th century

1 volume

Purchased from Dr E Clarke, 1983.

Semon and Horsley's paper 'An experimental investigation of the central motor innervation of the larynx' was published in Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. 1890, 181: 187-211. Horsley's paper 'Epilepsy produced in guinea pigs' appeared in Proc. Med. Soc. Lond. 1886, x: 86.

Database description taken from that in: Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine, 1999).