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Michael Foster

English physiologist (1836–1907)

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Images by Michael Foster

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  • A text book of physiology / by M. Foster ; assisted by C.S. Sherrington.

Images featuring Michael Foster

6 images from works
  • Fellows of the Royal Society: Sir John Evans, bust of Sir Isaac Newton, Lord Kelvin, R.B. Clifton, G.G. Stokes, Sir Michael Foster, Lord Lister, Arthur W. Rucker, Sir J.D. Hooker, Sir William Huggins, Sir W.T. Thiselton Dyer. Photograph by Mayall.
  • Sir Michael Foster. Photogravure after the Hon. John Collier.
  • Fellows of the Royal Society: Sir John Evans, bust of Sir Isaac Newton, Lord Kelvin, R.B. Clifton, G.G. Stokes, Sir Michael Foster, Lord Lister, Arthur W. Rucker, Sir J.D. Hooker, Sir William Huggins, Sir W.T. Thiselton Dyer. Photograph by Mayall.
  • Sir Michael Foster. Lithograph, 1884.
  • Sir Michael Foster. Photogravure after the Hon. John Collier.
  • Sir Michael Foster. Photograph by Arthur Maddison.
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Works from the collections

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73 works

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    A course of elementary practical physiology / by M. Foster ; assisted by J.N. Langley.

    Foster, M. (Michael), Sir, 1836-1907. | Date: 1878
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    Second interim report of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the relations of human and animal tuberculosis.

    Great Britain. Royal Commission on Tuberculosis. | Date: 1908
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    Lessons in elementary physiology / by Thomas H. Huxley.

    Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895. | Date: 1900
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    On out-lying nerve-cells in the mammalian spinal-cord / by C.S. Sherrington ; communicated by M. Foster.

    Sherrington, Charles Scott, Sir, 1857-1952. | Date: 1890
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    The elements of embryology / by M. Foster and Francis M. Balfour.

    Foster, M. (Michael), Sir, 1836-1907. | Date: 1874
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Frequent collaborators

Royal College of Surgeons of England
Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library, Columbia University
Leeds University Library
Francis Maitland Balfour

Related topics

Physiology
Physiology
Physiology
Embryology
Dissection
Claude Bernard
Embryonic Development

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