Ganglia of the Earthworm
Date
1856
Creator
Jacob Augustus Lockhart Clarke (1817 - 1880) , Anatomist
Object type
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Material
Dimensions
height (drawing): 224mm
width (drawing): 354mm
width (drawing): 354mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Anatomical studies of elements of the nervous system of Lumbricus terrestris, the common earthworm, under magnification.
Unpublished illustrations, figures (pencilled ‘Fig.9’) from the manuscript version of the paper “The nervous system of Lumbricus terrestris” by J. Lockhart Clarke, the text abstracted in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, vol.8 (1856-1857), pp.343-351.
The sketch is inscribed in ink above: ‘Minute ganglia, cell and fibres from the pharyngeal plexus’; and below ‘Drawn from nature by the Author’. Each inset figure has an individual caption or a note of the magnification used.
Jacob Augustus Lockhart Clarke (1817-1880) was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1854.
Unpublished illustrations, figures (pencilled ‘Fig.9’) from the manuscript version of the paper “The nervous system of Lumbricus terrestris” by J. Lockhart Clarke, the text abstracted in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, vol.8 (1856-1857), pp.343-351.
The sketch is inscribed in ink above: ‘Minute ganglia, cell and fibres from the pharyngeal plexus’; and below ‘Drawn from nature by the Author’. Each inset figure has an individual caption or a note of the magnification used.
Jacob Augustus Lockhart Clarke (1817-1880) was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1854.
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