TY - MANSCPT DB - Science History Institute DP - Science History Institute M2 - Courtesy of Science History Institute. Rights: No Known Copyright TI - Sir Joseph Barcroft performing splenectomy on dog ID - 6969z1495 DA - 1928/// YR - 1928 AV - Arthur Greenberg Collection of Laboratory Photographs, Box 1 VL - Arthur Greenberg Collection of Laboratory Photographs, Box 1 AN - Arthur Greenberg Collection of Laboratory Photographs, Box 1 UR - https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/6969z1495 AB - General view of British physiologist Sir Joseph Barcroft (1972-1947) and an unidentified assistant performing a splenectomy, i.e. the complete removal of the spleen, on a dog. A Fellow of the Royal Society, Sir Barcroft held the chair of physiology at Cambridge University from 1925 to 1937 and is best known for his work on the respiratory function of the blood and the functions of the spleen. KW - Physiologists KW - Laboratory animals--Surgery KW - Barcroft, Joseph, Sir, 1872-1947 KW - Laboratories KW - Biochemistry KW - Physiology KW - Splenectomy LA - ER -