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BOWMAN, Sir William (1816 – 1892)

BOWMAN, Sir William (1816 – 1892)

1816 – 1892

6 entries in the GMN corpus.

Image source Public domain

1840 CE

#542

On the minute structure and movements of voluntary muscle.

Classical description of striated muscle

1842 CE

#1231

On the structure and use of the Malpighian bodies of the kidney with observations on the circulation through that gland.

“Bowman’s capsule”. Bowman provided convincing evidence that the glomerular corpuscle is continuous with the renal tubule and gave the first adequate description of the vascular supply of the nephron…

1849 CE

#1505

Lectures on the parts concerned in the operations on the eye, and on the structure of the retina.

Bowman did more than any other man to advance ophthalmic surgery in England. The above work is the first to include a sound description of the microscopical anatomy of the eye and the ciliary (“Bowman’s&rd…

1852 CE

#5867

Observations on artificial pupil, with a description of a new method of operating in certain cases.

Bowman devised an operation for the formation of an artificial pupil.

1857 CE–1859 CE

#5879

On the treatment of lacrymal obstructions.

1892 CE

#12786

The collected papers of Sir W. Bowman. Edited by J. Burdon-Sanderson and J. W. Hulke. 2 vols.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.