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Notice of some microscopic observations of the blood and animal tissues.

Publication Details

Philosophical Magazine, new ser., 2, 130-138. 1827 CE.

Hodgkin and Lister determined that blood cells are bioconcave discs and accurately measured their diameter as "1/5000 of an inch."  Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

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Entry Number#13262
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/15528
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External URLnotice-of-some-microscopic-observations-of-the-blood-and-animal-tissues