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On the function of the Malpighian bodies of the kidney.

Trans. N.Y. Acad. Med., 1, 437-56. 1857.

Isaacs confirmed and corrected the findings of Bowman; he introduced dye experiments in the study of the kidney, from which he drew the important conclusion that the Malpighian bodies are the most important agency in the secretion of urine.

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