Human vocal anatomy
Date
1856
Creator
Peter Martyn (British) , Naval surgeon
Object type
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Material
Dimensions
height (drawing): 204mm
width (drawing): 135mm
width (drawing): 135mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Anatomical study of the human trachea, larynx and mouth.
Unpublished illustration, figure 1 from the manuscript version of the paper “On the function of the thyroid body” by Peter Martyn, the text abstracted in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, vol.8 (1856-1857), pp.315-318.
The sketch is inscribed ‘The vocal tube – viz the Trachea, Larynx, & the passage of the Fances & Mouth in Section’. A note appended to the paper text by the author states that: ‘n.b. the drawings are not very good, but I think correct; done by myself & from memory’.
Peter Martyn was not a Fellow of the Royal Society. He was a naval surgeon aboard HMS Powerful stationed in the Gulf of Mexico in February 1856 when this illustration was made.
Unpublished illustration, figure 1 from the manuscript version of the paper “On the function of the thyroid body” by Peter Martyn, the text abstracted in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, vol.8 (1856-1857), pp.315-318.
The sketch is inscribed ‘The vocal tube – viz the Trachea, Larynx, & the passage of the Fances & Mouth in Section’. A note appended to the paper text by the author states that: ‘n.b. the drawings are not very good, but I think correct; done by myself & from memory’.
Peter Martyn was not a Fellow of the Royal Society. He was a naval surgeon aboard HMS Powerful stationed in the Gulf of Mexico in February 1856 when this illustration was made.
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